anyone know what size the vol.control,cannot read on prints.part# 33-5055,mine is wide open when turned up or down.

From the schematic, it appears to be 20,000 ohms.

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:From the schematic, it appears to be 20,000 ohms.
:the only ones i have are 250k ,will these work.or do i need to get 20k.

It might work but possibly not very well. For one thing, your 250K pot is probably audio taper, and was intended for audio-stage control. This Philco volume control works by attenuating the incoming RF signal, and should be linear taper if using a carbon-track pot. It probably originally was a wirewound pot.

You can't hurt anything by trying a different pot in the circuit. But, you may find that it behaves very oddly in terms of how it controls the set's volume.

:It might work but possibly not very well. For one thing, your 250K pot is probably audio taper, and was intended for audio-stage control. This Philco volume control works by attenuating the incoming RF signal, and should be linear taper if using a carbon-track pot. It probably originally was a wirewound pot.
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:You can't hurt anything by trying a different pot in the circuit. But, you may find that it behaves very oddly in terms of how it controls the set's volume.
:thanks a lot ,guess i will get the 20k pot.