duke wrote:
I was just made the recipient of a B600, with the 6A41 chassis. It's
in great shape, and as it was a gift from dear friends, you can imagine
my joy. I want to fire it up, but I don't want to burn out anything.
Any tips for first juice? I don't have any special equipment beyond a
multimeter. Also, it appears that either there is some odd factory
option (I doubt) or a mod made to add an additional speaker. Has a
jack that is mounted to the side and a pot inside the box. It was
nicely done if aftermarket, but does anyone know if this could be an
original option? Thanks for the help.
duke


Unfortunately, the only safe way to fire up a radio of this vintage is
with a variac, a variable transformer that
allows you to bring the supply voltage up to 120 gradually. Any
number of components in the PS are likely to be bad, esp. if the
radio hasn't been used for a while. Usually this will only
cause a tube to blow (of course if it is the 1L6 this would be a costly
replacement), but the cause needs to be diagnosed and corrected.

This radio used a battery pack which is long-since unavailable; there
are modern substitutes, but any of them would cost a lot more than
a variac, which last I looked, are pretty easy to find on eBay.

As another poster suggested there is a lot of expertise available on
the antiques.radio+phono group. There's also a webpage with info and
links at www.transoceanic.nostalgiaair.org

By the way, I watched "Kiss Me Deadly" recently and noticed that a 600
series Transoceanic features prominently in one scene.