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Comment by BUGGY (C) on December 7, 2011 at 7:59am

I think I will need assistance on this one! .........yes it works fine though as a radio

looks in v.good shape... is there a break between radio and amp.. I was told the volume pot Is the place to tap in? know anyone in the UK who does this kind a thing?

Comment by 3 String Blues on December 7, 2011 at 7:28am

yes it can be a awesome amp...but it first must work flawlesslly as a radio, no hum and or shorts or dangerous tubes or caps that can catch fire....then you can add a three prong chord so you dont shock yourself....it might not be good if its your first time, but check out valvechild.com

 

this is a awesome radio, but VERY risky!!!!  try a battery powered amp so you dont cause damage to  your house cirutc breaker!

Comment by BT Cohosh on December 7, 2011 at 6:43am

Hey!  I'm jealous....

Talk to Beetlejuice--he's done some transistor-type conversions.

I *think* (but then I know just enough about electronics to get myself killed) that whoever told you to pick it up at the volume pot is right.  I know with the lower voltage radios you can wire a regular plug to ground and then touch the hot line to the volume pot terminals until you get sound.  Don't rightly know if that'd be safe in this case....

Comment by BUGGY (C) on December 6, 2011 at 11:07pm

Hi

yes a little bit.. someone said I need to pick it up at the volume pot... but its high voltage stuff in here so a little hesitant... used to have two batteries one for warming the tubes and one to run them...its from Harrods you know!

the Queen order one of these!... might even once of been her's... but I doubt it.

Comment by Printer2 on December 6, 2011 at 6:05pm

Could you list the tubes in the amp? Do you have any electronic knowledge?

Comment by PapaSimone on December 6, 2011 at 10:42am

Please learn how to convert it into an amp and then teach me how to do it.