Had restored this one earlier this year and has performed very well. I had it on the bench replacing an antenna wire that was shorting against the chassis when it tipped over onto the face. Nothing broke-it rolled over a very short didstance. When turned on-dead. None of the tubes lit. Checked pilot light-O.K. Checked the 35Z5- O.K. switched 35Z5 no luck. Getting 93 volts at pins 2,3,5,7 on the rectifier and on each side of the light socket. Been at this for three days and I am about to load it into my skeet thrower. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. This one should not be this hard.
Happy Holidays,
Jon.

:Had restored this one earlier this year and has performed very well. I had it on the bench replacing an antenna wire that was shorting against the chassis when it tipped over onto the face. Nothing broke-it rolled over a very short didstance. When turned on-dead. None of the tubes lit. Checked pilot light-O.K. Checked the 35Z5- O.K. switched 35Z5 no luck. Getting 93 volts at pins 2,3,5,7 on the rectifier and on each side of the light socket. Been at this for three days and I am about to load it into my skeet thrower. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. This one should not be this hard.
:Happy Holidays,
:Jon.

Pull the rest of the tubes, and check the heater pins with a ohm meter. I would bet one is open. And I bet it's the 50L6. Also check the ground connection at the end of the string.

::Had restored this one earlier this year and has performed very well. I had it on the bench replacing an antenna wire that was shorting against the chassis when it tipped over onto the face. Nothing broke-it rolled over a very short didstance. When turned on-dead. None of the tubes lit. Checked pilot light-O.K. Checked the 35Z5- O.K. switched 35Z5 no luck. Getting 93 volts at pins 2,3,5,7 on the rectifier and on each side of the light socket. Been at this for three days and I am about to load it into my skeet thrower. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. This one should not be this hard.
::Happy Holidays,
::Jon.
:
:Pull the rest of the tubes, and check the heater pins with a ohm meter. I would bet one is open. And I bet it's the 50L6. Also check the ground connection at the end of the string.

Warren,
Thanks for the suggestion- all tubes good. The schematic shows each tube grounded, am I missing an end of string ground?
Thanks,
Jon

:::Had restored this one earlier this year and has performed very well. I had it on the bench replacing an antenna wire that was shorting against the chassis when it tipped over onto the face. Nothing broke-it rolled over a very short didstance. When turned on-dead. None of the tubes lit. Checked pilot light-O.K. Checked the 35Z5- O.K. switched 35Z5 no luck. Getting 93 volts at pins 2,3,5,7 on the rectifier and on each side of the light socket. Been at this for three days and I am about to load it into my skeet thrower. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. This one should not be this hard.
:::Happy Holidays,
:::Jon.
::
::Pull the rest of the tubes, and check the heater pins with a ohm meter. I would bet one is open. And I bet it's the 50L6. Also check the ground connection at the end of the string.
:
:Warren,
:Thanks for the suggestion- all tubes good. The schematic shows each tube grounded, am I missing an end of string ground?
:Thanks,
:Jon

Only one end of the string is connected to B-, the 12SQ7 as it is a series string. If you decide to load this one in the skeet shooter, you can aim it my way :)

TonyJ

:::Had restored this one earlier this year and has performed very well. I had it on the bench replacing an antenna wire that was shorting against the chassis when it tipped over onto the face. Nothing broke-it rolled over a very short didstance. When turned on-dead. None of the tubes lit. Checked pilot light-O.K. Checked the 35Z5- O.K. switched 35Z5 no luck. Getting 93 volts at pins 2,3,5,7 on the rectifier and on each side of the light socket. Been at this for three days and I am about to load it into my skeet thrower. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. This one should not be this hard.
:::Happy Holidays,
:::Jon.
::
::Pull the rest of the tubes, and check the heater pins with a ohm meter. I would bet one is open. And I bet it's the 50L6. Also check the ground connection at the end of the string.
:
:Warren,
:Thanks for the suggestion- all tubes good. The schematic shows each tube grounded, am I missing an end of string ground?
:Thanks,
:Jon

Hello again Jon :

I see by looking at the schematic the heater string is just a simple loop. With one lead of your meter on the on-off switch side, go from heater pin to pin 35Z5-50L6-12SK7-12SA7-12SQ7. Has to be an open wire connection at the socket. Did you check the on-off switch itself ?

::::Had restored this one earlier this year and has performed very well. I had it on the bench replacing an antenna wire that was shorting against the chassis when it tipped over onto the face. Nothing broke-it rolled over a very short didstance. When turned on-dead. None of the tubes lit. Checked pilot light-O.K. Checked the 35Z5- O.K. switched 35Z5 no luck. Getting 93 volts at pins 2,3,5,7 on the rectifier and on each side of the light socket. Been at this for three days and I am about to load it into my skeet thrower. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. This one should not be this hard.
::::Happy Holidays,
::::Jon.
:::
:::Pull the rest of the tubes, and check the heater pins with a ohm meter. I would bet one is open. And I bet it's the 50L6. Also check the ground connection at the end of the string.
::
::Warren,
::Thanks for the suggestion- all tubes good. The schematic shows each tube grounded, am I missing an end of string ground?
::Thanks,
::Jon
:
:Hello again Jon :
:
: I see by looking at the schematic the heater string is just a simple loop. With one lead of your meter on the on-off switch side, go from heater pin to pin 35Z5-50L6-12SK7-12SA7-12SQ7. Has to be an open wire connection at the socket. Did you check the on-off switch itself ?

Warren / Tony
Thanks for the tips, found a broken wire between the heaters of the 50L6 and the 35Z5. It was corroded through inside the insulation.
Jon.