41 Radio - scale light?

[GTfastbacker]

Gentlemen,

do a 41 radio have a scale light?

Can not find a socket for but maybe inside?

 

Changed all the small Bulbs into brighter warm white LEDs.

 

2nd:

Anyone knows the use for these round socket?

 

Thank you

Joe

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 15, 2024 by GTfastbacker

[GTfastbacker]

*bump*

[joecoozie]

2nd:

Anyone knows the use for these round socket?

 

Speaker connection?

[GTfastbacker]

*bump* ?

[Dan Hiebert]

Ditto joecoozie, that is where the original speaker plugs in.  

[Ivan_B]

1. Yes, there is a scale light inside. You should be able to see it if you take out a couple of buttons in the middle. Not sure if you'll be able to get it out this way, though, especially if it has not been serviced in a while. Mine was stuck in the socket, and very hard to remove (it still works) when I repaired the radio.

2. Is this the C-1808 model? The speaker wire + power comes out from the top, so this little plug must be something else. Although, 3 prongs do look like the speaker plug. Maybe this is for a secondary speaker or diagnostics, or something like that?

 

You might want to read through the schematics: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByModel/954/M0013954.pdf

 

Added later: upon further inspection, this is not a speaker plug; it is a 5-prong connector, two of which are jumped. So this must be some technical switch for who knows what. I would not touch it.

Also, it looks like your button tags were re-done, at some point. This looks like the typewriter font

Edited January 21, 2024 by Ivan_B

[Sniper]

15 minutes ago, Ivan_B said:

upon further inspection, this is not a speaker plug; it is a 5-prong connector, two of which are jumped. So this must be some technical switch for who knows what. I would not touch it.

 

In the schematic you linked, it is labeled as a test plug, nothing in the file mentions what that does though. 

[GTfastbacker]

6 hours ago, Sniper said:

 

In the schematic you linked, it is labeled as a test plug, nothing in the file mentions what that does though. 

 

Thank you!

 

Do i have to remove and open the radio for replacement of the bulbs?

 

Yes, the inlays of the knobs are typewriter written paper.

I would be happy to replace them with the correct typo but can not find a picture of the original ones.

 

Thank you

Joe

[Ivan_B]

3 hours ago, GTfastbacker said:

Do i have to remove and open the radio for replacement of the bulbs?

I don't know. There is only one bulb. Take a couple buttons out, in the middle. See the light? Can you replace it? If not, here is your answer

I have just the old DIAL tag from my radio. But there are some pictures of the buttons, on eBay, etc., appearing to be original. I would keep the older typewriter tags, though, they look appropriate. Matching the font for the new ones, and printing it so the paper looks old sounds like too much work.

 

By the way, in case you've never done this before, you do need to remove the knobs to take the radio down.