This is a perfect "ID ten T" error
I now believe that the tubes and sockets I talk about in this post have nothing to do with rectificaiton and are superflous to the discussion of my rectification thread. NO THEY SURE DONT
Hi! This Omegaman from the future and I just wanted to say that those sockets are for the speakers. Had I only LOOKED at the perfect example of MY working unit (it is tucked away right now) I would have realized that these were the speaker outputs plain and simple. The tube stuffed in one socket really threw me.
Case closed!
but...
The unit I am working on is a different receiver than the one posted in the original console portrait (The whole console picture). The unit pictured is my German version of the 40400. It works great and I recapped that awhile ago. (My first recap) The FM on it only goes to 100 which limits it
so...
I bought this American version of the same radio as a parts unit, no console, maybe as a replacement for the German one. The American version is not as beautiful as the German one. The Glass plate
The American one is actually in better condition so I decided to restore it
And on to the questions...
The German unit does not have tubes in the pictured (below) lower right part near the output transformers. This American unit has one EABC80 tube in marked socket 'I'. What would a EABC80 tube be used for in this application? My wild guess is for the expanded FM beyond 100, except it is nowhere near the tuner? Why is 'II' (the right socket) empty?
Could this EABC80 tube be mistakenly placed in this socket? YES!
On my German version there are no tubes in these sockets. I thouight the sockets were for testing or something NOPE SPEAKERS
Could these tube sockets be for tube rectification? Which have been replaced by the SS rectifier. NOPE SPEAKERS
Any advice on this subject would be very helpful LOOK AT THE PICTURES YOU TOOK IN THE FOLDER( NOT HERE)
The American 40400
Unexpected tubes
No Tubes in the schematic or literature