I' m Dutch and remember the brand Erres well. It has a lot of the way Philips made radios. I still see a lot of radios on a second hand market here is the Netherlands. So lots of parts too. Nice video At 1:06 you tried to read Dutch 😁 Spraak : talking Laag : low Hoog : high Normaal : normal All in tone differences Band scheiding : band separation Manufacturer name of erres was Van der Heem was located in Den Haag, Holland The selling price back in 1948 was 395 Guldens that is about 180 euro About 293,8 AUD that was a lot of money back then. If you need to know more Dutch or something about the radio, just drop it in. Happy new year
@@DavidTipton101 The back story of Erres on Radiomuseum is a bit of a strange one. Apparantly Erres wasn't really a manufacturer, more like a designer and/or distributor of radios made by Van der Heem and others, including Philips. In 1930 Philips bought 50% of the shares of VdH but sold them back five years later after a dispute because VdH sourced valves from manufacturers other than Philips. In the mid-60s Philips outright bought VdH and in the 70s they bought the rights to the name Erres from the original owner R.S. Stokvis. I did remember that at some point Erres was one of the countless Philips brands (like Radiola, Norelco and Hornyphon) but had no idea the full story was that complex.
Hi Dave, from Boring Oregon love your videos. My first radio restoration was in 1972 a Montgomery ward 1941 farm radIo . The next door neighbor used to pull the 6v battery out of the tractor at night to listen to the war report's as her husband was in the fight. Found the radio in the chicken coop and decided to rebuild as I was taking electronic classes. Took 4 months to repair and re build the desstroyed cabinet . Still have the radio today in our main room.
Thank you @sissonscott. Farm radios, what fun 🙄 I did a Montgomery Ward, it was a bit before 1941 I think. It was common practice to use equipment battery to power radio's I've been told. It would have been hard to listen to the war news with your loved ones over there fighting ☹️
Greetings from Bend Oregon! Isn't Dave great! If you know of any scheduled radio club sales in Boring, please let me know. My daughter lives in Oregon City
Hi David. I find that when the desoldering is stubborn, it helps to add a bit of fresh solder. It improves the heat transfer to the old solder as well as introducing flux. Thank you for the video!
@@DavidTipton101 Another thing about old solders, not all were 60/40, and some were quite high temperature! I suspect they worried about heat inside the chassis, or they just used radiator solder, pure lead!
I was thrilled to see a new video from you Dave, it is like having a friend drop in for coffee! I need the diversion.. Mom just passed away on New Years day, her funeral is tomorrow, I will be up at the funeral home with her this afternoon as the family makes our last visits before the funeral. Been busy, I am her last surviving child so it is on me to do the planning, and to make up for the difference from her funeral fund to the actual inflated cost of burial. I just went through this with my wife 3 years ago, echos of the past and all that. Thank God my daughter is here to help out, she and a couple other grand children have helped a lot as I don't get around as well as I once did. Again, thanks for the video, and for having a cup with me.
Very nice video David. I love the way you are so conscientious about keeping these old boys as original as possible.Your solutions are always great teaching aids. And finding the exact pot/switch, that was just a miracle.
What a find for that volume pot, who would have thought !!! I love those old European radios that have stood the test of time. I hope youwill address the problems with all of the valve sockets and give them a good old clean. As always i will look forward to your next adventure.
Hi Stephen, I know, I had no idea I had one. I cleaned the valve sockets. They are an unusual design, maybe an attempt to fix the inherent design flaw of these valves. Thanks Stephen 🙂
Hi! I've been following your channel for a long time, and albeit I used back in the late 70's and early 80's to repair tube radios , I am impressed about always finding a pair or three things to learn here in every video! I found years ago (like..30) an Atwater Kent 246 chassis (the box was shattered beyond recognition) which works and will "enter to boxes" for a full renew of ...You know...caps,, resistors, an so on. So, I give you my most sincere thanks, for teaching us so much!! Greetings from Argentina, Buenos Aires!
Great stuff David - pleased to see that you are not being baffled by some of the weird sets you come across. You must have a great collection of parts... how pleased you would be when you find the exact part you need in your collection!
I love the way you repacked the electrolytic. I don't have a 3-D printer, but love the idea you came up with for preventing the new ones from rattling around inside the can. Always learning.
Thanks Tim. There are other ways to hold the capacitor, I happen to have a 3D printer now but I did quite a number of restuffs before I got it. Maybe corrugate some cardboard to make a tutu shape 👍🙂
Wow! This was quite an entertainment. I thoroughly enjoyed Part 1. You did well. Let see Part 2 and the finishing touch. Good radio serviceman in Australia for vintage radios and others too. Keep the good work going well. Cheers!
Hi Dave. Been hanging out for your first project for 2024. I hope you had a good break and spent some quality time with your family. All the best for the new year, & I'm looking forward to all your investigations/repairs in 2024. Cheers!
Hi David, another great restoration of a tube radio. Erres is a name derived from R.S Stokvis from NL who made radios starting 1923. Philips bought shares and made its influence felt, hence many parts were from Philips. The old "teerknollen" are typical Philips black capacitors. Erres was considered the cheaper alternative for Philips
Happy New Year David. What an unusual radio! Superb work on the valve repair, and very lucky to find an exact replacement for the volume pot. Hope you replaced your wife’s toothbrush lol. Regards Lynton.
Happy New Year Lynton. A very unusual radio, I swooped on it when it was advertised. The unserviceable pot had me worried, particularly since it had been opened before. Who would have thought I would have a spare? 😄
A capacitor restuff makes the radio look original and fix the problem at the same time. It's amazing how much smaller today's caps are. Great video, Mate, and looking forward to part two.
Nice work as always, Dave. I'm sure you will have that cabinet looking a million bucks by the end of the series. Please do give a detailed description of how that pop-up dial mechanism works. They don't make interesting designs like that any more
Happy new year! Another fascinating video, Dave. I know nothing about electronics but I enjoy your videos so much. I'm looking forward to the next video in this series. Thank you!
_I like the radio. I think it was well made at that time. You are David, a specialist doctor, and after your examination and surgery, he will be back to what he used to be._ 🙋
It sounds very clear with speech, i didn't hear any speaker rubbing. That resivour capacitor looks like nothing has ever happened . The chances that you would have that spare volume/on off control, you lucky sod :-D Keep tinkering. Ooow a capacitor leakage tester smashing :-D.
Yes you have an artistic touch, and your abilitys to bring a case back to beautiful is smashing :-D Your mechanical engineering is always spot on.@@DavidTipton101
Hello and happy 2024, David! This Erres brand was one of Philips' "alternate brands" like Siera, Dux, Magnavox and more, so Philips components all round. I have done the same as you did with the rectifier, extending the wires to be able to get the leads through. Sometimes I have used acetone mixed with clear nail varnish, just used the brush in the bottle to put the mixture in the gap between base and glass. It will dissolve the old cement and make a good bond. Two rubber bands to keep them together while hardening. Strong "bathroom reaction" ;)
Thanks greengrayradio. Happy New Year. I have used the acetone/nail polish repair a number of times but found it was temporary at best.There is usually a fair bit of dirt in the gap or something stops it sticking. Removing the base is painstaking but works well if you can be bothered 🙂
Hi Dave from Canada, Happy New Year and all the best to you and the family. A very good video, definitely up to your usual standard of perfection. Finding that volume pot was amazing, I think you need to get a lottery ticket right away 😇.
I have a small Erres radio KY 553 plays very well after I replaced the capacitors. Nice repair on that tube and the filter capacitor! I learned something with closing it up again very nice!
Well that's a great way to start 2024! A rare if a little ugly radio, but blessed with the usual David Tipton meticulous care, soon working and sounding great, and we got a dose of the always welcome DT humour, that poor tooth brush, mind it really did clean up the switch .. So lucky having that volume pot/switch in your stash too. All in all a fabulous start to the year Happy and healthy New Year to you and yours from the UK, cheers.
Hello Ken, thank you. On the toothbrush front, I bought her a new one for Christmas so we are good there. Having a spare volume pot was amazing, I was beyond belief when I saw it in the box. Thanks Ken, Happy New Year 😀
Good job! Soviet radios of the 60s used a capacity of 20-30uF and it was always enough. I never replace the inside of the old big capacitors, instead I leave the old ones in place, disconnect the wires from them and connect them to the new capacitors, which I hide in the basement of the chassis.
The brand Erres was founded by R.S. Stokvis, somewhere around 1923. Much of the equipment was build at Van Der Heem in The Hague / Voorburg. Van der Heem later owned the brand. Philips was initially supplier of parts and became one of the Stockholders (1930-1938) before buying the Brand from Van Der Heem. Erres lived on as a Philips brand until 1980.
Nice job. Sometimes you just get lucky. That switch pot looks very unique. I've never seen one quite like it. It's a bit of an ugly duckling radio but I'm sure your magic touch will make it look as good as it possibly can. Great video as usual.
Kedves Dave! Ismét egy lenyűgöző videó és nagyon szuper ez a rádió! Igazi gyöngyszem. Boldog Új Évet Kívánok, várom a folytatást! Üdözlettel Attila Magyarországról.👏
Hi Dave, the dutch brand erres comes from the initials of the founder of the company, R.S. Stokvis. The company did not just make radio’s. I have seen also washing machines, TV’s and fridges. The company was taken over by Philips. I like this radio. Never saw a Dutch radio with octal tubes before.
Thanks Diane. I read the Erres story on Radio Museum. I could not work out hao they got the name ERRES from R.S. Stokvis. I assume you mean Loctal tubes, it is unusual 🙂
Nice to see an Erres over there. Erres was an abbreviation for R.S. Stokvis : RS-->Errres. Most Erres radios were made by van der Heem and sold by R.S. Stokvis(Erres). Its says speech, low, normal and high on the dial.
@@DavidTipton101 Maybe abbreviation wasn't the right term. When you pronounce RS in Dutch it sounds like Erres. There is an old film about Erres circulating on youtube if you are interested search for "in holland staat een huis erres"
Hi Dave, when you first showed the chassis with so few tubes and a three section tuning capacitor I too thought RF stage and perhaps the last IF operating in reflex mode. However I found a circuit and was surprised to see no RF stage but a double tuned passive preselector ahead of the mixer; the designers must have wanted good shortwave performance.
It's a complex circuit Peter, I didn't even try very hard to understand it. It works very well. We don't get a lot of shortwave here so I didn't test it on that. Thanks Peter 🙂
I had never heard of Erres radios either! It's amazing the different varieties that seem to keep coming out of the woodwork! I'm so pleased you found an exact part required in your own stockpile! These are the moments that make life worth living! 😲😀
Thanks Chris. I pays to keep some junk laying around 😄 Keep an eye out for Part 2, you will be surprised what is underneath 70 years of gunk on the case 👍😀
Dave meets the laws of probability. The more stuff you have, the more chance you'll find what you need. I haven't thrown a computer spare away since mid nineties :)
Hi Paul. I agree, my first job when I ventured into radio restoration as a hobby was to gather as many spares and old chassis as I could. It has paid off very well and I have dug up many parts I didn't know I had. The volume pot being the latest. I still have a cupboard of old PC parts too 😄
@@DavidTipton101 Then you can have a side huste reconditioning old PCs :), Though they are far less pretty than your radios. Can't wait for the cabinet, you always do such amazng restores.
Erres was the "budget'' brand for Philips. Using proven technology from designs 10 years earlier. Normaly very solid and reliable radios. Apart from the usal leaking caps, cooked valves, dirt, and what not more that all old tube radios suffer from. Erres radios are much better then their general appreciation is. I enyoy your podcasts.
Hello David If the glass bulb of the tube is loose I like to use white glue, works well. I don't dismantle the tube for this . Greets from Germany ( Ruhr area )
Coming along nicely. I will be re-stuffing a dual electrolytic capacitor in the next few days, so it was great watching somebody that has done several before. It probably won't look as neat as yours, but I'm sure it will work fine. I'm interested in seeing more on that flip-up tuning dial, which is unusual for the age of that radio, but I might be wrong.
I wonder if the terrible trauma of WW2 contributed to the austere designs of some of these late 40s radios. It looks a bit odd until you pop up the dial, which is quite clever, and then it looks a bit avant garde. Drawing a line under the pre-war designs to make a fresh modern start perhaps. The layout of the caps and resistors is very neat too. Looking forward to seeing it all restored and fresh. Belated best wishes to you and your family and thanks for the laughs during the video. 😊
Spoiler alert... it looks pretty good when it's finished 🙂 Squared up moden lines after the war was the trend, a fresh start and renewed optimism maybe. Thanks Pauline, all the best to you in the New Year 🙂
Very interesting circuit design. It looks like they've used a fancy-pants sensitive output valve (EBL21) to compensate for lack of IF gain. With AGC diodes built in common-cathode style to FB to RF and IF amps (both ECH21). The IF amp also acts as the demodulator and ref for the magic eye (EM4) I think through the volume pot., I'm not sure on that one, but that's what it looks like to me. Anyone with more experience on these circuits please feel free to correct me - I'm here to learn 😊 Great job as always David, you dropped lucky with that volume pot! Happy new year.
It could be that the EBL21 diodes are employed for detection and the ECH21 is doing the magic eye and AGC but the feedback from the EBL21 suggests to me that it is the AGC diode and not the IF amp. Edit: Or maybe the EBL21 is doing both the AGC and detection? I can see that one diode (left side) is connected to the centre-tap of the IF amp secondary winding, which suggests detection. Anybody want to confirm which is correct? (if any LOL).
I don't have access to the circuit with me. From what I remember, the ELB21 does the detection. The ECH21 is used as a mixer and IF amp. I think in the IF position it used the heptode section to pass the signal through a small centre tapped transformer and power the eye and onto the volume control The centre tapped transformer was used for detection and I guess for AGC?. After the volume control, the signal was then passed through the triode section of the ECH21 onto the output valve. I can't remember so I might be totally wrong. I did the radio at the end of November, I can't remember what I had for breakfast 🙂
Wishing you the best for the new year. Thanks for your excellent videos. Now I must quit stalling and get back to my Grundig 3028 daily driver that sputters a bit on startup lately. Looking forward to your next installment, surely it will be gorgeous after you work your magic? maybe? 😅
Hey Dave! Seasons greetings to you and your family, I enjoyed this video with your usual brand of pragmatism and humour. A lot of familiar techniques evident as well!✈️. I've noticed that the Radios from the Netherlands seldom need alignment, even after decades.
Hello Derek, old habits die hard 🛩️ 😉 I was pleased with the way it worked and I didn't replace anything that would affect the alignment plus the instructions are in Dutch. I wasn't going to improve it enough to warrant playing with it. All the best for the New Year Derek, cheers!
Nice video David. My wife would say why are you keeping that old box of junk and I would say I just might need something in it one day with her eyes rolling lol. Nice find. 73 de KB7ICI.....Bill
Really nice work Dave! Great job with fixing the tube and also the restuff of the Capacitor. I assume that was TPU that you printed? Great idea. Also, very cool that you found the exact correct volume control in your stash! I'm never that lucky. It sounds really good!
Hi Gregg, thank you. I think I used ABS, whatever was in the printer at the time. I haven't tried TPU, it's very humid here and I wonder how well it will work and keep in these conditions. A bit of luck with the volume control, I couldn't believe it 😅
Hi David, Actually Erres and Aristona were sub brands of Philips back in the day. Erres was a bit cheaper so after WW2 everyone could more or less buy a radio.Btw, I really like your channel.
That was only later. Erres since 1966 and was independent before (Van der Heem). Aristora was a brand of NSF (Nederlandse Seintoestellen Fabriek - Dutch Morse-equipment Factory?) but since the name NSF collided with a German company called NSF they used brand name Aristona (first outside the Netherlands but later also here). Aristona was already merged with Philips in 1955. Before 1966 for Erres and 1955 for Aristona they were independent brands. Although Aristona outsourced production to Philips. Once merged with Philips they were use as brands to create artificial competition or as cheaper alternative to Philips (sometimes the only difference was the batch and the knobs and maybe some different colors but the same electronics...).
Great work again as usual Dave, i watched the re stuffing the electrolytic part with great attention. I fear i may have to do it on the Grundig currently on the bench. I agree the look of this one is a little bland as it stands, but i suspect you will make it really stand out once you're done with the cabinet. On the other hand the pop out dial is really cool i find. Thank's for sharing, eager to see part 2 now 🙂
Hello Raymond, thank you. Good luck if you restuff your capacitor. You will have to wait until part 2 to see the case, I think you will be surprised. The pop-up dial adds another element to the radio 👍🙂
After having done hundreds of multi-band radios, first step is to run the bandswitch back and forth a few time to clean off the old crud. There is so little power going through it that it takes nearly nothing to block it.
You are one lucky rascal! What are the chances you would find the exact same volume/on-off switch for a radio manufactured a lifetime ago in a country so far away that it is closer measured through the center of a globe than if measured along the sea lanes; yet you had that odd switch assembly in your used parts bin of antique radio parts? Amazing!
Yeah, I was stunned when I pulled out the container and the pot was right on top. I hadn't taken any notice of it beforehand. My policy of grabbing every bit and box of old radio parts paid off. Thanks Jeff 🙂
That is an interesting set for sure. It looks to be very well built but with the low tube count and i.f. set up it seems like it was never meant to be a superb performer. You are correct though, she isn't a looker! Hope you and your family had a great holiday.
It is similar to a Philips BX373A, well at least I am familiar with that chassis. I own a Kosmaj 49, which was built in 1949 in Yugoslavia under Philips license, well actually it is 100% model Philips BX373A, and 100% Philips parts, except the casing which is more plain looking wood one. Mine is almost in mint condition. It worked on the first try, with no hum or excessive power draw. The only thing, like yours, it needed those valve sockets cleaned throughly because it was really intermittent. It is quite collectable, with compass style looking dial :)
The BX373A is very similar. Same mix of Loctal and P base valves too. I hope that design for the loctal valve bases is more reliable, mine cleaned up well and there is good contact with the pins now. Thanks michvod 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Yes, well they used AZ1 as it was a standard rectifier and produced in large quantities. For other valves they used 20 series as it was newest and considered the best at the time. Bit of trivia of Kosmaj 49 radio, it is considered to be first radio produced after war in Yugoslavia, which is kinda correct, but kinda isn't. The first was actually Kosmaj 48 which was produced in late 1947 early 48 and was a totally different design (but used almost the same valves, except for the AZ21 rectifier, and a electrodynamic speaker), it was actually based on some Orion radio from Hungary, both being completely communist countries at the time. That said, after the Tito turned against Stalin in mid 1948, and the Yugoslavia became a socialist republic, the west immediately stepped in and helped Yugoslavia with resources, and one of them was deal to produce a domestic radio with western components. I also own the Kosmaj 48 radio, but it is in a bit of a sorry state cosmetically. It performs much worse than the 49, despite having been restored and aligned. You just can't beat Philips stuff from that time :)
Hey Dave good to see you, That is surely a unique looking radio. So I didn't know you could read Chinese LOL JK.. Nice job BTW if you added a bit of liquid flix in the tube socket pins it would make it much easier to desolder . I would like to wish you a happy New Year, take care .Keep up the good work...
Hi David, about the leaking current for caps, I found some numbers to hang on to, it is dependent on capacity and voltage. For older electrolytics, or low quality brand you could use 0.1 x CV after one minute. For modern and high quality electrolytic use 0.01 x CV after one minute. If you apply the first on your old cap (at 350V, don't know what was installed): 0.1 x 0.00005 x 350 = 0.00175 A or 1,75mA after 1 minute. Yours did worse than that, more than 3mA after a few minutes. It is just a possible way to measure, and you could keep it in mind with you new leakage tester. Btw, I have an Erres portable from the early '60 here waiting for that spark to revive it.... It was a well known brand in the Netherlands in its time. Have a good and happy new year for you and the family !
Hello Eric. Thanks for the info, I did read all about that but figured I would compare it to a new cap, too lazy to do the math 🙄 I will use your figures next time. I have used the tester since on another video that has not been released so it will not be used for that. Maybe you will be inspired to do your Erres now. Happy New Year 🙂
Hey David you need to stop picking on French radios. They are not ugly just unique. I keep my collection of French radios in the basement. They are back in the corner and nicely displayed. The light bulb above the radios burned out about 20 years ago and I was going to replace it but the radios display so much better without it 😁. Happy New year David and I will catch you on the next one. Joe
HI Joe, you are right and I do respect and celebrate the uniqueness of French design. My intention was to have a light hearted dig at my French Unic radio. I am so proud and protective of my French radio I keep it at the back of other radios with a blanket over it so to preserve it's natural beauty. I hang my head in shame for belittling this great testament to the French designers mind and find myself at your mercy. I would love to see your impressive French radio shrine Joe, I will supply the flashlight. Happy New Year! 🙂
Sorry 😞 I missed your video the other day. This should be called “The Wizard 🧙♀️ Of Oz” radio 📻. It’s always the troublesome 👿 capacitors that need to be replaced. In some cases, ya have to restuff the IF cans. Nothing sounds as good 😊 as these radios 📻. Hope ya had a very Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 and a very safe and Happy 😊 New Year!! Your friend, Jeff!!
@@DavidTipton101 I also don’t know if this radio is field coil, or permanent magnet 🧲. I’m going to guess that it’s from circa 1956. I always have liked 👍 the glass dial faces on these. It goes so beautifully with the glow of the dial light 💡. Your friend, Jeff.
With the thought of industrial design and "Form over Function". This is definitely a "Function over Form". I really wouldn't have stopped if i saw one in a window for sale. The Dutch are known for their minimalist furnishings but, can you imagine what the rest of the living room looked like!. When you opened up the valve to repair it and had to draw out this impossibly small wires. Gosh your patient. Then i thought. How the heck could that be manufactured on an industrial scale. Parts in a bin. Years back i had a Mercedes Turbo Diesel that was Granny Smith Apple green. I hated that colour, so i purchased a gallon of Mercedes Orion Blue. I never painted that car and the gallon sat on a shelf in the garage. Fast forward 20 years and i bought a nearly off to the scrap yard Mercedes sports coupe for my sons high school graduation. We spent a year rebuilding it while he was passing his driving lessons. Guess what, it was Orion Blue and that 450$ gallon of paint i chose 20 years earlier was an exact match.
Hi Neil, It is pretty minimalist but it might be better next week than it appears now 😉 I imagine the valve wires would have been longer than that when they were manufactured. Haha.... that's funny, storing paint for 20 years. Good that it came in handy. It would have cost a bit more today I expect, $450 is a lot for paint 20 years ago 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Today it’s 250$-300$ a pint x 8… sheer abuse blamed on the pandemic. You must see the same abuse in the materials you purchase plus throw in the reduced quality factor since most if not all are produced in China. Time to take a closer look at our junk drawers!
Thanks Dave, another fun video. Don't you love it when saved parts come in handy!
I was very lucky with the volume control. I didn't know it was in the pile although I must have moved it a number of times. Thanks Steve 👍🙂
I' m Dutch and remember the brand Erres well. It has a lot of the way Philips made radios. I still see a lot of radios on a second hand market here is the Netherlands. So lots of parts too.
Nice video
At 1:06 you tried to read Dutch 😁
Spraak : talking
Laag : low
Hoog : high
Normaal : normal
All in tone differences
Band scheiding : band separation
Manufacturer name of erres was
Van der Heem was located in Den Haag, Holland
The selling price back in 1948 was 395 Guldens that is about 180 euro
About 293,8 AUD that was a lot of money back then.
If you need to know more Dutch or something about the radio, just drop it in. Happy new year
Yes, a lot of Philips influence in the radio. It looks like a few made it to Australia too 😀
@@DavidTipton101 The back story of Erres on Radiomuseum is a bit of a strange one. Apparantly Erres wasn't really a manufacturer, more like a designer and/or distributor of radios made by Van der Heem and others, including Philips. In 1930 Philips bought 50% of the shares of VdH but sold them back five years later after a dispute because VdH sourced valves from manufacturers other than Philips. In the mid-60s Philips outright bought VdH and in the 70s they bought the rights to the name Erres from the original owner R.S. Stokvis. I did remember that at some point Erres was one of the countless Philips brands (like Radiola, Norelco and Hornyphon) but had no idea the full story was that complex.
@@Ragnar8504correct 👍
Hi Dave, from Boring Oregon
love your videos. My first radio restoration was in 1972 a Montgomery ward 1941 farm radIo . The next door neighbor used to pull the 6v battery out of the tractor at night to listen to the war report's as her husband was in the fight. Found the radio in the chicken coop and decided to rebuild as I was taking electronic classes. Took 4 months to repair and re build the desstroyed cabinet . Still have the radio today in our main room.
Thank you @sissonscott. Farm radios, what fun 🙄 I did a Montgomery Ward, it was a bit before 1941 I think. It was common practice to use equipment battery to power radio's I've been told. It would have been hard to listen to the war news with your loved ones over there fighting ☹️
Greetings from Bend Oregon! Isn't Dave great! If you know of any scheduled radio club sales in Boring, please let me know. My daughter lives in Oregon City
Hi from Portland 😀 Dave, you have a fan club in Oregon.
Haha... I always wanted a fan club 😄
Hi Dave, I’m slightly north of the Oregon folks here in Seattle
Hi David. I find that when the desoldering is stubborn, it helps to add a bit of fresh solder. It improves the heat transfer to the old solder as well as introducing flux. Thank you for the video!
Hi Victor. Yes, I usually that. I either didn't think of it or it didn't need it. I would have helped though 👍🙂 Thanks Victor.
@@DavidTipton101 Another thing about old solders, not all were 60/40, and some were quite high temperature!
I suspect they worried about heat inside the chassis, or they just used radiator solder, pure lead!
Also use leaded solder it helps a lot
@@gowdsake7103...as far as I'M concerned- the lead-free solder isn't GOOD ENOUGH to be LOUSY-(!)
I did 🙂
I was thrilled to see a new video from you Dave, it is like having a friend drop in for coffee! I need the diversion.. Mom just passed away on New Years day, her funeral is tomorrow, I will be up at the funeral home with her this afternoon as the family makes our last visits before the funeral. Been busy, I am her last surviving child so it is on me to do the planning, and to make up for the difference from her funeral fund to the actual inflated cost of burial. I just went through this with my wife 3 years ago, echos of the past and all that. Thank God my daughter is here to help out, she and a couple other grand children have helped a lot as I don't get around as well as I once did. Again, thanks for the video, and for having a cup with me.
Hello Jerry. My condolences on the loss of your Mother. I'm glad you could at least enjoy a short distraction with my video 🙂
Nice old radio, I love some of the old stuff, it had personality, and beauty we don't see in plastic radios today.
I agree. Thanks Jeffery 😀
...that's the TRUTH-!!!
Very nice video David. I love the way you are so conscientious about keeping these old boys as original as possible.Your solutions are always great teaching aids. And finding the exact pot/switch, that was just a miracle.
Thanks AERVBlog. Depending on the condition of the radio I try to keep them original. Sometimes it's just not possible 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 that is true but the way you stuffed that big cap was a thing of beauty and a joy forever.
What a find for that volume pot, who would have thought !!! I love those old European radios that have stood the test of time. I hope youwill address the problems with all of the valve sockets and give them a good old clean. As always i will look forward to your next adventure.
Hi Stephen, I know, I had no idea I had one. I cleaned the valve sockets. They are an unusual design, maybe an attempt to fix the inherent design flaw of these valves. Thanks Stephen 🙂
Good Video . In finding that Volume pot you just Validated Hoarding World Wide. Hoarders creed is I will use it someday 😄
Haha... I can be their leader 😅 Thanks Alex.
Hi! I've been following your channel for a long time, and albeit I used back in the late 70's and early 80's to repair tube radios , I am impressed about always finding a pair or three things to learn here in every video! I found years ago (like..30) an Atwater Kent 246 chassis (the box was shattered beyond recognition) which works and will "enter to boxes" for a full renew of ...You know...caps,, resistors, an so on. So, I give you my most sincere thanks, for teaching us so much!! Greetings from Argentina, Buenos Aires!
Thanks RI. I hope you can restore your AK radio, a recrafted cabinet would be nice to make 👍🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Are You saying to make a cabinet resembling the original? Why I never thougt of that?! Thanks for the idea!
@RI-ns8wz You have the hardware so why not, I would 🙂
Hi Dave, a new maker for me also. Many thanks from UK.
You will see them everywhere now Chris 😄 Thanks.
Mr. Tipton, thank you so much for sharing your exploits in radio repair. I hope you and yours have a happy and prosperous new year.
Thank you Mr Gunn. All the best for 2024 🙂
David, thanks, nice video again. Erres was quite a popular brand in de Netherlands in the 50's and 60's.
Thanks Rino. Nice to know 👍🙂
Awesome Dave, who'd of thunk it? you just so having the right volume pot/switch. The Gods of radio were smiling above thee.
I know... I was as surprised as anyone 😀
Suntan; what a brand name for a capacitor. Thanks for your inspirational videos.
That's what you get when they explode 🙂 Thanks Bahri.
Hi David. Great job 👏
Thank you Haytham 🙂
Great stuff David - pleased to see that you are not being baffled by some of the weird sets you come across. You must have a great collection of parts... how pleased you would be when you find the exact part you need in your collection!
Thanks Kenneth. I had a skip in my step when I found the spare volume control I can tell you 😄
19:04 No humming noise? It knows the words to the songs! LOL😄
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😢I Almost Coughed Up My Drink When you Remarked About Yer Wife's Tooth Brush😊🎯💥👍🏼
Man! did she overreact when she saw it 😒 Thanks WilNeal 801 🙂
I love the way you repacked the electrolytic. I don't have a 3-D printer, but love the idea you came up with for preventing the new ones from rattling around inside the can. Always learning.
Thanks Tim. There are other ways to hold the capacitor, I happen to have a 3D printer now but I did quite a number of restuffs before I got it. Maybe corrugate some cardboard to make a tutu shape 👍🙂
Great video Dave! You have to admire the quality of the construction back then. Happy New Year!
I agree James. It was a very well constructed chassi and the case is well made too. Happy New Year! 😀
Wow! This was quite an entertainment. I thoroughly enjoyed Part 1. You did well. Let see Part 2 and the finishing touch. Good radio serviceman in Australia for vintage radios and others too. Keep the good work going well. Cheers!
Thanks JD. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Part 2 next week 👍🙂
Hi Dave. Been hanging out for your first project for 2024. I hope you had a good break and spent some quality time with your family. All the best for the new year, & I'm looking forward to all your investigations/repairs in 2024. Cheers!
Hi Geoff. Thank you. I didn't get a break but will soon. All the best for 2024 🙂
Hi David, another great restoration of a tube radio. Erres is a name derived from R.S Stokvis from NL who made radios starting 1923. Philips bought shares and made its influence felt, hence many parts were from Philips. The old "teerknollen" are typical Philips black capacitors. Erres was considered the cheaper alternative for Philips
Thanks Peter. Those teerknollen were toast 🙂
Another excellent radio adventure Dave!!
Thanks Michael 🙂
I always enjoy watching these vintage radio repairs. Nice work on the vacuum tube repair and restuffing the filter capacitor.
Thanks lakrfan 49 🙂
Thank you very much for the video! Lots of useful and interesting things! Looking forward to the continuation! Have a nice day!
Thank you Vladimir, i'm happy you enjoy them 👍🙂
Happy New Year David. What an unusual radio! Superb work on the valve repair, and very lucky to find an exact replacement for the volume pot. Hope you replaced your wife’s toothbrush lol. Regards Lynton.
Happy New Year Lynton. A very unusual radio, I swooped on it when it was advertised. The unserviceable pot had me worried, particularly since it had been opened before. Who would have thought I would have a spare? 😄
A capacitor restuff makes the radio look original and fix the problem at the same time. It's amazing how much smaller today's caps are. Great video, Mate, and looking forward to part two.
I like doing the restuffs radio lover. It keeps under the chassis a lot neater and it's a bit of fun. Thank you 👍😀
That popup dial is fascinating! I cant say I've ever seen one like that...
...I saw something like that on a Zenith portable radio...
It's quite cute. thanks Sterlin Silver 🙂
Excited for the next episode. Stay safe with your brushfires.
Hi Ripley. This was recorded a little while ago. We are just cleaning up after floods now 🙄 Thanks 👍🙂
Great video as always. Interesting to see something a little unusual. Enjoyed the valve repair. HNY.
Thanks Peter 😀
Nice work as always, Dave.
I'm sure you will have that cabinet looking a million bucks by the end of the series.
Please do give a detailed description of how that pop-up dial mechanism works. They don't make interesting designs like that any more
Thanks 1974UTuber. I rebuild the pop-up in part 2. It is simply a spring loaded glass dial and the door holds it down 🙂
Hi Dave, another interesting repair.
Thank you Brian 🙂
Another excellent video. I was hoping you were going to show us how to do long division on paper. Gutted when the calculator appeared haha.
I loved long division in school. I would struggle with it now 😄 Thanks Seiskid.
So glad to see a new video! Nice to see you again!
Thanks BigDaddy 👍🙂
Hello David, You make it so easy ! Cheers 😊
Thanks Keith 🙂
Happy new year! Another fascinating video, Dave. I know nothing about electronics but I enjoy your videos so much. I'm looking forward to the next video in this series. Thank you!
Thank you Shannon 🙂
Great work David sir nice repaired capacitor you are awesome 😊❤😮
Thank you Nath 🙂
_I like the radio. I think it was well made at that time. You are David, a specialist doctor, and after your examination and surgery, he will be back to what he used to be._ 🙋
Hi Domenico. Thank you 😀
It sounds very clear with speech, i didn't hear any speaker rubbing.
That resivour capacitor looks like nothing has ever happened .
The chances that you would have that spare volume/on off control, you lucky sod :-D
Keep tinkering.
Ooow a capacitor leakage tester smashing :-D.
The radio works and sounds very nice. I am getting cap restuffing down to an art 😄 Yes a cap tester, a nice gift from a friend 🙂
Yes you have an artistic touch, and your abilitys to bring a case back to beautiful is smashing :-D
Your mechanical engineering is always spot on.@@DavidTipton101
Hi Sir, Happy New Year 2024.
Great Restoration Job and the Radio set is unique and different.
Very nice.
Thank You
Hello Antique_Guru, Happy New Year. It is unusual to see one in Australia. Thanks 👍😀
Hello and happy 2024, David! This Erres brand was one of Philips' "alternate brands" like Siera, Dux, Magnavox and more, so Philips components all round. I have done the same as you did with the rectifier, extending the wires to be able to get the leads through. Sometimes I have used acetone mixed with clear nail varnish, just used the brush in the bottle to put the mixture in the gap between base and glass. It will dissolve the old cement and make a good bond. Two rubber bands to keep them together while hardening. Strong "bathroom reaction" ;)
Thanks greengrayradio. Happy New Year. I have used the acetone/nail polish repair a number of times but found it was temporary at best.There is usually a fair bit of dirt in the gap or something stops it sticking. Removing the base is painstaking but works well if you can be bothered 🙂
Hi Dave from Canada, Happy New Year and all the best to you and the family. A very good video, definitely up to your usual standard of perfection. Finding that volume pot was amazing, I think you need to get a lottery ticket right away 😇.
Hi Mark Happy New Year to you as well. The volume pot was a stroke of luck. Thanks Mark 🙂
Great video. I always learn from your videos. Thanks. Great to see you!!! :-)
Thanks Batman 🦇🙂
I have a small Erres radio KY 553 plays very well after I replaced the capacitors. Nice repair on that tube and the filter capacitor! I learned something with closing it up again very nice!
Oh nice ladamurni. I have seen a number of Erres radios since I received this one. Thanks ladamurni 👍🙂
The 3D print for the capacitor holder for the can is a superb idea - nice one !
Thank you Mark 😀
Well that's a great way to start 2024!
A rare if a little ugly radio, but blessed with the usual David Tipton meticulous care, soon working and sounding great, and we got a dose of the always welcome DT humour, that poor tooth brush, mind it really did clean up the switch .. So lucky having that volume pot/switch in your stash too. All in all a fabulous start to the year
Happy and healthy New Year to you and yours from the UK, cheers.
Hello Ken, thank you. On the toothbrush front, I bought her a new one for Christmas so we are good there. Having a spare volume pot was amazing, I was beyond belief when I saw it in the box. Thanks Ken, Happy New Year 😀
as always a voyage of discovery David.... Happy New Year .. I hope you are well (or getting well) and have a great 2024
It always is Chris. I'm in good condition at the moment thank you. Happy New Year to you 🙂
Hope you had a wonderful Holiday! Great video 😊
Thank you Larry 🙂
Another fantastic tutorial video - thankyou so very much indeed - it's really appreciated 👍
Thank you Stephen, I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍🙂
Good job! Soviet radios of the 60s used a capacity of 20-30uF and it was always enough. I never replace the inside of the old big capacitors, instead I leave the old ones in place, disconnect the wires from them and connect them to the new capacitors, which I hide in the basement of the chassis.
Thanks UkraineHamRadio, the two 33uF capacitors were ample. I don't always restuff the capacitors and mounting underneath is perfect 👍🙂
Happy New Year Dave,I just love the humour in your videos...
Happy New Year Sean. Thank you 🙂
Nice to see you back again, hope you had a good Christmas and have a good year mate
Thanks Wayne. Great Christmas and all the best to you for 2024 👍😀
The brand Erres was founded by R.S. Stokvis, somewhere around 1923. Much of the equipment was build at Van Der Heem in The Hague / Voorburg. Van der Heem later owned the brand. Philips was initially supplier of parts and became one of the Stockholders (1930-1938) before buying the Brand from Van Der Heem. Erres lived on as a Philips brand until 1980.
Thanks for the information Eddy 👍🙂
Ha, no longer do I have to think...hmmmm wish I could re-pack my Caps. like David. 😊 Happy New Year.
Haha... thanks Chris. Happy New Year 😀
Interesting radio for sure !! Nice fix my friend - Those exposed Transformer connections on the back look like a real treat :)
Hi Ron, thank you. The exposed wires are to keep me on my toes 😄
Nice job. Sometimes you just get lucky. That switch pot looks very unique. I've never seen one quite like it. It's a bit of an ugly duckling radio but I'm sure your magic touch will make it look as good as it possibly can. Great video as usual.
Thanks Ian. I did see that style switch and pot on a Philips radio of the same era. No surprises there 🙂
Kedves Dave! Ismét egy lenyűgöző videó és nagyon szuper ez a rádió! Igazi gyöngyszem. Boldog Új Évet Kívánok, várom a folytatást! Üdözlettel Attila Magyarországról.👏
Köszönöm Attila. Elégedett vagyok a rádióval, jobban fog kinézni, ha jövő héten elkészül a kabinet. 😀
Dzięki Dave zasze oglądam każdy film z renowacji starych odbiorników mam kilka w swoim zestawie pozdrawiam z Polski Tadeusz
Witam Cię Tadeuszu, dziękuję. Pozdrowienia z Australii 🙂
Thanks Dave that was a pretty nice troubleshooting video. Thanks for another informative video and Happy New Year.
Thanks Larry. Happy New Year 👍🙂
Hi David. Well another enjoyable video. You certainly get them going. Happy new year to you and your family.
Thanks Derrick 🙂
One of those radio's looking better from the backside :) The additional tuned RF section helps in makes it an interesting radio.
Haha... maybe. Thanks Peter 🙂
Hi Dave, the dutch brand erres comes from the initials of the founder of the company, R.S. Stokvis. The company did not just make radio’s. I have seen also washing machines, TV’s and fridges. The company was taken over by Philips.
I like this radio. Never saw a Dutch radio with octal tubes before.
Thanks Diane. I read the Erres story on Radio Museum. I could not work out hao they got the name ERRES from R.S. Stokvis. I assume you mean Loctal tubes, it is unusual 🙂
That puzzled me too but I think "Err" for "R", "es" for "S"... and just bypass the Stokvis :-) Another very interesting video, thank you.
Yes but it only works in Dutch. R is pronounced more like air rather than are.
Nice to see an Erres over there. Erres was an abbreviation for R.S. Stokvis : RS-->Errres. Most Erres radios were made by van der Heem and sold by R.S. Stokvis(Erres). Its says speech, low, normal and high on the dial.
RS-->Errres, that's a stretch 😄 I couldn't work out how they got Erres from R.S. Stokvis 🙄 Got it, thanks Jurriaan 👍🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Maybe abbreviation wasn't the right term. When you pronounce RS in Dutch it sounds like Erres. There is an old film about Erres circulating on youtube if you are interested search for "in holland staat een huis erres"
@@js0000356 Ok, that makes sense. I'll have a look at the video, thanks 👍👍
Hi Dave, when you first showed the chassis with so few tubes and a three section tuning capacitor I too thought RF stage and perhaps the last IF operating in reflex mode. However I found a circuit and was surprised to see no RF stage but a double tuned passive preselector ahead of the mixer; the designers must have wanted good shortwave performance.
It's a complex circuit Peter, I didn't even try very hard to understand it. It works very well. We don't get a lot of shortwave here so I didn't test it on that. Thanks Peter 🙂
Thanks for that video, Dave. At first ,I thought you were showing us the back of the radio! An ugly beast! But a great job you've done on it!
Haha... maybe the back looks better 😅 Thanks Michael.
I had never heard of Erres radios either! It's amazing the different varieties that seem to keep coming out of the woodwork! I'm so pleased you found an exact part required in your own stockpile! These are the moments that make life worth living! 😲😀
Thanks Chris. I pays to keep some junk laying around 😄 Keep an eye out for Part 2, you will be surprised what is underneath 70 years of gunk on the case 👍😀
Dave meets the laws of probability. The more stuff you have, the more chance you'll find what you need. I haven't thrown a computer spare away since mid nineties :)
Hi Paul. I agree, my first job when I ventured into radio restoration as a hobby was to gather as many spares and old chassis as I could. It has paid off very well and I have dug up many parts I didn't know I had. The volume pot being the latest. I still have a cupboard of old PC parts too 😄
@@DavidTipton101 Then you can have a side huste reconditioning old PCs :), Though they are far less pretty than your radios. Can't wait for the cabinet, you always do such amazng restores.
Awesome video Dave, as usual Cant wait for part 2!!!!!!!!!😀😀
Thanks Chris 👍🙂
Erres was the "budget'' brand for Philips. Using proven technology from designs 10 years earlier. Normaly very solid and reliable radios. Apart from the usal leaking caps, cooked valves, dirt, and what not more that all old tube radios suffer from.
Erres radios are much better then their general appreciation is.
I enyoy your podcasts.
Thanks Martin. This Erres looks and works superbly 👍🙂
David, Laag= Low, Spraak= Speech, Hoog= High, Normaal= Normal. It is a Dutch model. And yes they were unusual looking units.
Ahh, thanks Don. I guessed threeish out of four. Because the words are truncated it is hard to translate them 👍😀
Hi David. Looking forward to Part 2. This radio is very different. Rare having 3 valves, but still works well. Real fluke on the pot. Take care
Hi Phil. It works remarkably well. Thanks 🙂
I wish you a healthy 2024 David.
Same to you. Thanks Paul 😀
Hello David
If the glass bulb of the tube is loose I like to use white glue, works well.
I don't dismantle the tube for this .
Greets from Germany ( Ruhr area )
Thanks Schraubnix. I like to do it the hard way 😅
Coming along nicely. I will be re-stuffing a dual electrolytic capacitor in the next few days, so it was great watching somebody that has done several before. It probably won't look as neat as yours, but I'm sure it will work fine. I'm interested in seeing more on that flip-up tuning dial, which is unusual for the age of that radio, but I might be wrong.
Thanks Nigel. The flip up dial is pretty simple but adds to the charm of the radio. Good luck with your re-stuffing 👍😀
I wonder if the terrible trauma of WW2 contributed to the austere designs of some of these late 40s radios. It looks a bit odd until you pop up the dial, which is quite clever, and then it looks a bit avant garde. Drawing a line under the pre-war designs to make a fresh modern start perhaps. The layout of the caps and resistors is very neat too. Looking forward to seeing it all restored and fresh. Belated best wishes to you and your family and thanks for the laughs during the video. 😊
Spoiler alert... it looks pretty good when it's finished 🙂 Squared up moden lines after the war was the trend, a fresh start and renewed optimism maybe. Thanks Pauline, all the best to you in the New Year 🙂
Very interesting circuit design. It looks like they've used a fancy-pants sensitive output valve (EBL21) to compensate for lack of IF gain. With AGC diodes built in common-cathode style to FB to RF and IF amps (both ECH21). The IF amp also acts as the demodulator and ref for the magic eye (EM4) I think through the volume pot., I'm not sure on that one, but that's what it looks like to me. Anyone with more experience on these circuits please feel free to correct me - I'm here to learn 😊 Great job as always David, you dropped lucky with that volume pot! Happy new year.
It could be that the EBL21 diodes are employed for detection and the ECH21 is doing the magic eye and AGC but the feedback from the EBL21 suggests to me that it is the AGC diode and not the IF amp. Edit: Or maybe the EBL21 is doing both the AGC and detection? I can see that one diode (left side) is connected to the centre-tap of the IF amp secondary winding, which suggests detection. Anybody want to confirm which is correct? (if any LOL).
I don't have access to the circuit with me. From what I remember, the ELB21 does the detection. The ECH21 is used as a mixer and IF amp. I think in the IF position it used the heptode section to pass the signal through a small centre tapped transformer and power the eye and onto the volume control The centre tapped transformer was used for detection and I guess for AGC?. After the volume control, the signal was then passed through the triode section of the ECH21 onto the output valve. I can't remember so I might be totally wrong. I did the radio at the end of November, I can't remember what I had for breakfast 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Whatever you have for breakfast I should be having it, I think your description is spot on.😁👍
Wishing you the best for the new year. Thanks for your excellent videos. Now I must quit stalling and get back to my Grundig 3028 daily driver that sputters a bit on startup lately. Looking forward to your next installment, surely it will be gorgeous after you work your magic? maybe? 😅
Thanks Mark, all the best for 2024. I think you will like the cabinet 😉🙂
Happy New Year Dave from England! I've never replaced a main filter capacitor yet on a restoration unless it's clearly giving trouble.
Happy New Year Christopher. Yep, that's OK too 👍🙂
Hey Dave! Seasons greetings to you and your family, I enjoyed this video with your usual brand of pragmatism and humour. A lot of familiar techniques evident as well!✈️.
I've noticed that the Radios from the Netherlands seldom need alignment, even after decades.
Hello Derek, old habits die hard 🛩️ 😉 I was pleased with the way it worked and I didn't replace anything that would affect the alignment plus the instructions are in Dutch. I wasn't going to improve it enough to warrant playing with it. All the best for the New Year Derek, cheers!
@@DavidTipton101 anytime you need Dutch translated just ask your local South African.
He speaks Dutch! I guess he could, South Africa and all. I can translate it in Google of course.
Nice video David. My wife would say why are you keeping that old box of junk and I would say I just might need something in it one day with her eyes rolling lol. Nice find. 73 de KB7ICI.....Bill
Haha... welcome to my life Bill 😄 thanks.
Really nice work Dave! Great job with fixing the tube and also the restuff of the Capacitor. I assume that was TPU that you printed? Great idea. Also, very cool that you found the exact correct volume control in your stash! I'm never that lucky. It sounds really good!
Hi Gregg, thank you. I think I used ABS, whatever was in the printer at the time. I haven't tried TPU, it's very humid here and I wonder how well it will work and keep in these conditions. A bit of luck with the volume control, I couldn't believe it 😅
Hi David,
Actually Erres and Aristona were sub brands of Philips back in the day. Erres was a bit cheaper so after WW2 everyone could more or less buy a radio.Btw, I really like your channel.
Oh, OK. Thanks Mr Dutchman 😀
That was only later. Erres since 1966 and was independent before (Van der Heem). Aristora was a brand of NSF (Nederlandse Seintoestellen Fabriek - Dutch Morse-equipment Factory?) but since the name NSF collided with a German company called NSF they used brand name Aristona (first outside the Netherlands but later also here). Aristona was already merged with Philips in 1955. Before 1966 for Erres and 1955 for Aristona they were independent brands. Although Aristona outsourced production to Philips. Once merged with Philips they were use as brands to create artificial competition or as cheaper alternative to Philips (sometimes the only difference was the batch and the knobs and maybe some different colors but the same electronics...).
Happy New year and great video
Thank you Daniel. Happy New Year 😀
@@DavidTipton101 hope you are well
Hoe are you doing sir? A fellow vintage fan...
I'm chipper, thanks Daniel.
Happy New Year, Davjd. Great job on the rectifier.
Happy New Year jmb874. Thanks 👍😀
@@DavidTipton101 Name here is Jim. Forgot to mention that...
Happy New Year David. Greetings from Belgium. Close to the Dutch border.
Greetings and Happy New Year 1959Berre 😀
For the second time in my life that I see the ERRES brand, I have a vacuum cleaner from that brand, from the 30s or 40s. Very art deco design
It's the first time for me. Thanks Alejandro 🙂
Great work again as usual Dave, i watched the re stuffing the electrolytic part with great attention. I fear i may have to do it on the Grundig currently on the bench. I agree the look of this one is a little bland as it stands, but i suspect you will make it really stand out once you're done with the cabinet. On the other hand the pop out dial is really cool i find. Thank's for sharing, eager to see part 2 now 🙂
Hello Raymond, thank you. Good luck if you restuff your capacitor. You will have to wait until part 2 to see the case, I think you will be surprised. The pop-up dial adds another element to the radio 👍🙂
After having done hundreds of multi-band radios, first step is to run the bandswitch back and forth a few time to clean off the old crud. There is so little power going through it that it takes nearly nothing to block it.
Thanks Brett 👍
Hi Dave, it's great to see you uploading again in 2024 :)
Meticulous as always.
Thanks Daniel 👍🙂
You are one lucky rascal! What are the chances you would find the exact same volume/on-off switch for a radio manufactured a lifetime ago in a country so far away that it is closer measured through the center of a globe than if measured along the sea lanes; yet you had that odd switch assembly in your used parts bin of antique radio parts? Amazing!
Yeah, I was stunned when I pulled out the container and the pot was right on top. I hadn't taken any notice of it beforehand. My policy of grabbing every bit and box of old radio parts paid off. Thanks Jeff 🙂
That is an interesting set for sure. It looks to be very well built but with the low tube count and i.f. set up it seems like it was never meant to be a superb performer. You are correct though, she isn't a looker! Hope you and your family had a great holiday.
A very different design to the norm and nicely made. It works well though with good reception and good sound from the large speaker. Happy Holidays 🙂
It is similar to a Philips BX373A, well at least I am familiar with that chassis. I own a Kosmaj 49, which was built in 1949 in Yugoslavia under Philips license, well actually it is 100% model Philips BX373A, and 100% Philips parts, except the casing which is more plain looking wood one. Mine is almost in mint condition. It worked on the first try, with no hum or excessive power draw. The only thing, like yours, it needed those valve sockets cleaned throughly because it was really intermittent. It is quite collectable, with compass style looking dial :)
The BX373A is very similar. Same mix of Loctal and P base valves too. I hope that design for the loctal valve bases is more reliable, mine cleaned up well and there is good contact with the pins now. Thanks michvod 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Yes, well they used AZ1 as it was a standard rectifier and produced in large quantities. For other valves they used 20 series as it was newest and considered the best at the time. Bit of trivia of Kosmaj 49 radio, it is considered to be first radio produced after war in Yugoslavia, which is kinda correct, but kinda isn't. The first was actually Kosmaj 48 which was produced in late 1947 early 48 and was a totally different design (but used almost the same valves, except for the AZ21 rectifier, and a electrodynamic speaker), it was actually based on some Orion radio from Hungary, both being completely communist countries at the time. That said, after the Tito turned against Stalin in mid 1948, and the Yugoslavia became a socialist republic, the west immediately stepped in and helped Yugoslavia with resources, and one of them was deal to produce a domestic radio with western components. I also own the Kosmaj 48 radio, but it is in a bit of a sorry state cosmetically. It performs much worse than the 49, despite having been restored and aligned. You just can't beat Philips stuff from that time :)
Such an interestingly built radio.
It's out of left field. It works well enough though 🙂
Hey Dave good to see you, That is surely a unique looking radio. So I didn't know you could read Chinese
LOL JK.. Nice job BTW if you added a bit of liquid flix in the tube socket pins it would make it much easier to desolder . I would like to wish you a happy New Year, take care .Keep up the good work...
Thanks Paul, a bit of flux would have been just the ticket. I didn't know I could read Chinese either 🙂
Happy New Year 😀
Hi David, about the leaking current for caps, I found some numbers to hang on to, it is dependent on capacity and voltage. For older electrolytics, or low quality brand you could use 0.1 x CV after one minute. For modern and high quality electrolytic use 0.01 x CV after one minute. If you apply the first on your old cap (at 350V, don't know what was installed):
0.1 x 0.00005 x 350 = 0.00175 A or 1,75mA after 1 minute.
Yours did worse than that, more than 3mA after a few minutes.
It is just a possible way to measure, and you could keep it in mind with you new leakage tester.
Btw, I have an Erres portable from the early '60 here waiting for that spark to revive it.... It was a well known brand in the Netherlands in its time.
Have a good and happy new year for you and the family !
Hello Eric. Thanks for the info, I did read all about that but figured I would compare it to a new cap, too lazy to do the math 🙄 I will use your figures next time. I have used the tester since on another video that has not been released so it will not be used for that. Maybe you will be inspired to do your Erres now. Happy New Year 🙂
Hey David you need to stop picking on French radios. They are not ugly just unique. I keep my collection of French radios in the basement. They are back in the corner and nicely displayed. The light bulb above the radios burned out about 20 years ago and I was going to replace it but the radios display so much better without it 😁. Happy New year David and I will catch you on the next one. Joe
HI Joe, you are right and I do respect and celebrate the uniqueness of French design. My intention was to have a light hearted dig at my French Unic radio. I am so proud and protective of my French radio I keep it at the back of other radios with a blanket over it so to preserve it's natural beauty. I hang my head in shame for belittling this great testament to the French designers mind and find myself at your mercy. I would love to see your impressive French radio shrine Joe, I will supply the flashlight.
Happy New Year! 🙂
LMAO ! @@DavidTipton101
Sorry 😞 I missed your video the other day. This should be called “The Wizard 🧙♀️ Of Oz” radio 📻. It’s always the troublesome 👿 capacitors that need to be replaced. In some cases, ya have to restuff the IF cans. Nothing sounds as good 😊 as these radios 📻. Hope ya had a very Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 and a very safe and Happy 😊 New Year!! Your friend, Jeff!!
Hi Jeff. The video only came out a few hours ago so you didn't miss anything. Happy New Year to you too 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 I also don’t know if this radio is field coil, or permanent magnet 🧲. I’m going to guess that it’s from circa 1956. I always have liked 👍 the glass dial faces on these. It goes so beautifully with the glow of the dial light 💡. Your friend, Jeff.
It was built in 1948-49 Jeff.
With the thought of industrial design and "Form over Function". This is definitely a "Function over Form". I really wouldn't have stopped if i saw one in a window for sale. The Dutch are known for their minimalist furnishings but, can you imagine what the rest of the living room looked like!.
When you opened up the valve to repair it and had to draw out this impossibly small wires. Gosh your patient. Then i thought. How the heck could that be manufactured on an industrial scale.
Parts in a bin. Years back i had a Mercedes Turbo Diesel that was Granny Smith Apple green. I hated that colour, so i purchased a gallon of Mercedes Orion Blue. I never painted that car and the gallon sat on a shelf in the garage. Fast forward 20 years and i bought a nearly off to the scrap yard Mercedes sports coupe for my sons high school graduation. We spent a year rebuilding it while he was passing his driving lessons. Guess what, it was Orion Blue and that 450$ gallon of paint i chose 20 years earlier was an exact match.
Hi Neil, It is pretty minimalist but it might be better next week than it appears now 😉
I imagine the valve wires would have been longer than that when they were manufactured. Haha.... that's funny, storing paint for 20 years. Good that it came in handy. It would have cost a bit more today I expect, $450 is a lot for paint 20 years ago 🙂
@@DavidTipton101 Today it’s 250$-300$ a pint x 8… sheer abuse blamed on the pandemic.
You must see the same abuse in the materials you purchase plus throw in the reduced quality factor since most if not all are produced in China.
Time to take a closer look at our junk drawers!