In this radio one end of a wire is connected to pin no 3 of the valve 6J5GT and the other end is wound around the capacitor C14 but is not connected anywhere. What is the purpose of doing this? Can somebody give an explanation to this?

Best Regards

P.Rajan

:In this radio one end of a wire is connected to pin no 3 of the valve 6J5GT and the other end is wound around the capacitor C14 but is not connected anywhere. What is the purpose of doing this? Can somebody give an explanation to this?
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:Best Regards
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:P.Rajan
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Pin 3 is the plate of the 6J5; the wire could be for feedback (or regeneration, if used in an RF circuit). I don't know about the model M108. Could that be an H108?
Johnnysan-

::In this radio one end of a wire is connected to pin no 3 of the valve 6J5GT and the other end is wound around the capacitor C14 but is not connected anywhere. What is the purpose of doing this? Can somebody give an explanation to this?
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::Best Regards
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::P.Rajan
::Thanks your reply. The Model is M108 and Only one end of the wire is connected to pin no 3 of 6j5GT. The other end after one turn on the capacitor C14 is left unconnected.

Regards

P.Rajan
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:Pin 3 is the plate of the 6J5; the wire could be for feedback (or regeneration, if used in an RF circuit). I don't know about the model M108. Could that be an H108?
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Hmmmm.....first of all, it IS supposed to be wired that way (see photo below).

I believe it adds a very small amount of additional capacitance to the circuit and is called a "Gimmick".

Hopefully someone with more experience with this type of circuitry will jump in and either correct me or elaborate.

Here is the WIKI definition of a "gimmick"

Gimmick

A "gimmick" is a very simple kind of capacitive coupling: a piece of wire that is placed in proximity to another one, providing a capacitive coupling between two nodes of a few picofarads in value. Sometimes the wires are twisted together for physical stability.

:Here is the WIKI definition of a "gimmick"
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:Gimmick
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:A "gimmick" is a very simple kind of capacitive coupling: a piece of wire that is placed in proximity to another one, providing a capacitive coupling between two nodes of a few picofarads in value. Sometimes the wires are twisted together for physical stability.
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Thank you very much for your reply

Regards

P.Rajan

:In this radio one end of a wire is connected to pin no 3 of the valve 6J5GT and the other end is wound around the capacitor C14 but is not connected anywhere. What is the purpose of doing this? Can somebody give an explanation to this?
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:Best Regards
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:P.Rajan
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Could you please email your contact info to my
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Thanks

:Mr.Pandu Rajan:
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:I would like to contact you as I need help restoring a Philips Radio B6CA58A which is part of a radiogram with Garrard changer. I am in Chennai and I can even bring my set to your place if you can restore it.
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:Could you please email your contact info to my
:emailId - sraman_sr@yahoo.com?
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:Thanks
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If you could find a solution then please help me too i have a philips B6CA65A radiogram that i want to restore and repair