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Post by denver on Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:06 pm

How warm would one feel the 80 recitefier tube is beside it. Philco model 111.
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Post by sprman on Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:31 pm

Well they will get warm ,but never so hot you cant kep your hand on it.I use a variac on mine and set the AC voltage to 110 volts .Helps the tranny run a bit cooler and it does reduce sensitivity a bit.Most sets wee built to run off 115 ac not 120 or higher.Sprman. : )

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