Hello All,
I see what I need to do on this set (replace all paper and filter capacitors). But I don't see where the power hooks up. I see a jack on the back and pins on a reed switch. I have the speaker because I'll need that transformer on it.
My guess is that the jack on the back is for a foot switch. So maybe power connects to the pins on the reed switch.
If someone knows please let me know where the + 12v connection is.

Thanks,

Dave

:Hello All,
: I see what I need to do on this set (replace all paper and filter capacitors). But I don't see where the power hooks up. I see a jack on the back and pins on a reed switch. I have the speaker because I'll need that transformer on it.
: My guess is that the jack on the back is for a foot switch. So maybe power connects to the pins on the reed switch.
: If someone knows please let me know where the + 12v connection is.
:
:Thanks,
:
:Dave:
One thing is a must, the +12(or +6, if that be the case) must connect to the power switch on the volume control. Cadillac was noted for doing fancy things with radios and everything else, so there may be some things that are not usual in car radios, but turning the volume switch on connects battery to radio.

What do you mean by reed switch? I think of a little glass tube with two reeds in it which make contact when a magnetic field is applied. I seem to recall a foot switch that switched stations when pressed, using an electric motor, connected, I suppose to the AVC bus to stop the motor when a station is tuned in. Anyway, somebody will find a schematic, and we'll know what we're looking at.

Lewis

::Hello All,
:: I see what I need to do on this set (replace all paper and filter capacitors). But I don't see where the power hooks up. I see a jack on the back and pins on a reed switch. I have the speaker because I'll need that transformer on it.
:: My guess is that the jack on the back is for a foot switch. So maybe power connects to the pins on the reed switch.
:: If someone knows please let me know where the + 12v connection is.
::
::Thanks,
::
::Dave:
:One thing is a must, the +12(or +6, if that be the case) must connect to the power switch on the volume control. Cadillac was noted for doing fancy things with radios and everything else, so there may be some things that are not usual in car radios, but turning the volume switch on connects battery to radio.
:
:What do you mean by reed switch? I think of a little glass tube with two reeds in it which make contact when a magnetic field is applied. I seem to recall a foot switch that switched stations when pressed, using an electric motor, connected, I suppose to the AVC bus to stop the motor when a station is tuned in. Anyway, somebody will find a schematic, and we'll know what we're looking at.
:
:Lewis

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This is a 1959 with the wonder bar and it could have the optional floor button to change stations. The power input should be two leads, one for the radio power and one for the dial lamp and as stated the power connects to the switch.

Dave

Ahhh Yess ve 'chust dun bin gottink in schmitt und 'chipment dis mornink...und vould you done bin wantink schmitt der leften handed er der righten handed Vunder Bar ?

I don't see the typical situation on conventional caps on that Low Plate Potential tubed to SS hybrid interfacing..unless you were merely referring to its electrolytic units.

Assuming that you are referring to the (optional) foot switch for the shorting out of the plate circuit of the trigger relay tube and starting the search cycle. All switches I remember are conventional snap action or momentary contact actions.

As for a reed switch...don't remember anything like that and the seeker bar switch was normal as well as the limit switches on the solenoid drive and treadle mechanism.

As mentioned...this schema should tell it all to you ......especially the 12VDC power entry point, whereas that 3 pin connector was for the foot switch...(if utilized)
........happy signal / station searching !

Techimus referii :
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5127/solitgoldcadderacschmitio6.jpg

73's de Edd

:Ahhh Yess ve 'chust dun bin gottink in schmitt und 'chipment dis mornink...und vould you done bin wantink schmitt der leften handed er der righten handed Vunder Bar ?
:
:I don't see the typical situation on conventional caps on that Low Plate Potential tubed to SS hybrid interfacing..unless you were merely referring to its electrolytic units.
:
:Assuming that you are referring to the (optional) foot switch for the shorting out of the plate circuit of the trigger relay tube and starting the search cycle. All switches I remember are conventional snap action or momentary contact actions.
:
:
:As for a reed switch...don't remember anything like that and the seeker bar switch was normal as well as the limit switches on the solenoid drive and treadle mechanism.
:
:As mentioned...this schema should tell it all to you ......especially the 12VDC power entry point, whereas that 3 pin connector was for the foot switch...(if utilized)
:........happy signal / station searching !
:
:Techimus referii :
:http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5127/solitgoldcadderacschmitio6.jpg
:
:
:73's de Edd

I had forgotten about those 12 Volt tubes. Refresh my memory....what was different about them to let them operate on 12V.? I went to work in the aircraft radio shop of Delta in 1968, and remember changing many of the output transistors. You had to go into dontown Atlanta to get the things, and they were ex-pen-sive! The owner almost always got peed off when you billed him for the part, considering the price and the cost of getting it. Also, what was the sense of having 12 volt tubes and a transistor output anyway? It seems that transistors were fully growed up by then, so why tubes???

Lewis

Edd,
Thanks for the schematic. The reed switch is the antenna switch (M3). I call it a reed switch because it has long lengths of metal like a relay. It is nothing that I had a question about. Anyway this switch has two positions one for antenna up and the other for antenna down. As for the power connection, it connects to one side of C24. This is what I needed to know. This set has the usual symptoms of bad capacitors. So that's all I think I needed to know. If there are any problems I'll let every one know.

Thanks very much,

Dave
:Ahhh Yess ve 'chust dun bin gottink in schmitt und 'chipment dis mornink...und vould you done bin wantink schmitt der leften handed er der righten handed Vunder Bar ?
:
:I don't see the typical situation on conventional caps on that Low Plate Potential tubed to SS hybrid interfacing..unless you were merely referring to its electrolytic units.
:
:Assuming that you are referring to the (optional) foot switch for the shorting out of the plate circuit of the trigger relay tube and starting the search cycle. All switches I remember are conventional snap action or momentary contact actions.
:
:
:As for a reed switch...don't remember anything like that and the seeker bar switch was normal as well as the limit switches on the solenoid drive and treadle mechanism.
:
:As mentioned...this schema should tell it all to you ......especially the 12VDC power entry point, whereas that 3 pin connector was for the foot switch...(if utilized)
:........happy signal / station searching !
:
:Techimus referii :
:http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5127/solitgoldcadderacschmitio6.jpg
:
:
:73's de Edd

:Edd,
: Thanks for the schematic. The reed switch is the antenna switch (M3). I call it a reed switch because it has long lengths of metal like a relay. It is nothing that I had a question about. Anyway this switch has two positions one for antenna up and the other for antenna down. As for the power connection, it connects to one side of C24. This is what I needed to know. This set has the usual symptoms of bad capacitors. So that's all I think I needed to know. If there are any problems I'll let every one know.
:
:Thanks very much,
:
:Dave

Dave:
I think the proper term is "leaf switch".
Lewis

::Ahhh Yess ve 'chust dun bin gottink in schmitt und 'chipment dis mornink...und vould you done bin wantink schmitt der leften handed er der righten handed Vunder Bar ?
::
::I don't see the typical situation on conventional caps on that Low Plate Potential tubed to SS hybrid interfacing..unless you were merely referring to its electrolytic units.
::
::Assuming that you are referring to the (optional) foot switch for the shorting out of the plate circuit of the trigger relay tube and starting the search cycle. All switches I remember are conventional snap action or momentary contact actions.
::
::
::As for a reed switch...don't remember anything like that and the seeker bar switch was normal as well as the limit switches on the solenoid drive and treadle mechanism.
::
::As mentioned...this schema should tell it all to you ......especially the 12VDC power entry point, whereas that 3 pin connector was for the foot switch...(if utilized)
::........happy signal / station searching !
::
::Techimus referii :
::http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5127/solitgoldcadderacschmitio6.jpg
::
::
::73's de Edd

Edd,
On second thought, notice the pins on the part with M3. One of them connects to battery +, which was my initial thought. The + terminal is a part of M3 but not connected to the antenna switch. Or, the switch is called M3 but those terminals are part of the part. Now I am ready to proceed with the electronic restoration.

Thanks again,

Dave
:Edd,
: Thanks for the schematic. The reed switch is the antenna switch (M3). I call it a reed switch because it has long lengths of metal like a relay. It is nothing that I had a question about. Anyway this switch has two positions one for antenna up and the other for antenna down. As for the power connection, it connects to one side of C24. This is what I needed to know. This set has the usual symptoms of bad capacitors. So that's all I think I needed to know. If there are any problems I'll let every one know.
:
:Thanks very much,
:
:Dave
::Ahhh Yess ve 'chust dun bin gottink in schmitt und 'chipment dis mornink...und vould you done bin wantink schmitt der leften handed er der righten handed Vunder Bar ?
::
::I don't see the typical situation on conventional caps on that Low Plate Potential tubed to SS hybrid interfacing..unless you were merely referring to its electrolytic units.
::
::Assuming that you are referring to the (optional) foot switch for the shorting out of the plate circuit of the trigger relay tube and starting the search cycle. All switches I remember are conventional snap action or momentary contact actions.
::
::
::As for a reed switch...don't remember anything like that and the seeker bar switch was normal as well as the limit switches on the solenoid drive and treadle mechanism.
::
::As mentioned...this schema should tell it all to you ......especially the 12VDC power entry point, whereas that 3 pin connector was for the foot switch...(if utilized)
::........happy signal / station searching !
::
::Techimus referii :
::http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5127/solitgoldcadderacschmitio6.jpg
::
::
::73's de Edd