CONVERTING ZENITH FARM RADIO TO AC OPERATION

[@DumahBrazorf]

Great to see Ron back in action.

[@buildstoys]

Nice to see another video Ron and interesting to see a conversion like this done.

[@stangaloski4208]

Made my night! Stayed up to 1am just to watch. Shouldn't be so camera shy. Show your beautiful self to the world with that beautiful radio!

[@josephconsoli4128]

Great to see you again Ron! You're repair vids are the best. So informative and I'm always amazed at your talents with electronics. It's interesting that chassis is one of the few farm sets from the '30's that has a constant dial lamp that I have seen. By the way Ron, it looks like the repro knobs are the correct one for Zenith models with that chassis. They were Bakelite with and octagonal design. A departure from the typical wooden type. The wood "pinch" knobs would be incorrect.

[@johnsampson1096]

Salutes, Ron. Another interesting and informative video! I have a 1953 Chevy Car radio that someone converted to work off of 120 volts. The transformer gets warm, but the radio plays fine. I have it near my electronic work bench as a reminder of my first car a 53 Chevrolet I purchased in 1966 for 75 bucks. The radio speaker was mounted in a chrome dash, and boy, it sounded good...........

[@xnavynuc]

Ron, the problems you encounter may make the repairs more frustrating for you, but they’re great learning experiences for many of us (plus, your reactions are always entertaining)!

[@brucepickess8097]

I did notice on this one that he didn't hold back on the expletives, frustration level raised a notch or two.😖🇬🇧

[@deanagoes2791]

Glad to see Ron in action again.

[@adrianrevill7686]

Thank you for this video, I know some tube theory, and I am just starting on my first restoration. But seeing the simple practical way you fault-found I am sure will be invaluable.

[@brianbloom1799]

Ron You sir are A Amazing man so Talented.I wish I had a 1/3 of your Electronic Knowledge.

[@frankowalker4662]

What a gorgeous looking radio. At $55 you got a bargain. 👍 Nice repair and conversion job.

[@doneisenhuth408]

Always enjoyable watching you work your magic on these old sets. Hope this finds you well Ron.

[@ShadowsOnTheScreen]

The ease in which you swapped out so much of that radio really shows off your incredible skill set. Mad respect!

[@geofftaylor8913]

It’s always a treat when your videos pop up!

[@eugenetheodore2956]

Beautiful radio Ron. Although I don't have the knowledge to do a conversion like this I always enjoy your videos...keep them coming!

[@ronroberts34]

Great to see you back. You are a very important part of the KZbin Electronic community. Love your contribution.

[@longhaired1954]

How did you get started ,and how long have you been doing radio repairs ? You make it look so easy. Thanks for another great video. Would enjoy hearing about your electronis history.

[@luviskol]

Famous last words - "I thought it was going to be easy...."

[@davidstacy8314]

Hi Ron your tech friend Dave another amazing video you do such good work you do good professional work I like your style can't wait to see another may God keep you safe and bless you always your friend a thank you

[@qzorn4440]

This looks like a... Zenith Model 4-B-131 Tombstone Farm Radio (1936)? Popular shows... Jack Benny Program; Rudy Vallee Show; Gangbusters; Fibber McGee & Molly; Lowell Thomas News Ron, please make a video on how you got started in electronics and your background jobs. Such as, making vacuum tubes. I think many people would enjoy the story. 😎 Great repair video.

[@billmyke746]

That would be very interesting, should he choose to do so.

[@hestheMaster]

It is a model 4-B-131

[@qzorn4440]

@@hestheMaster Thanks.

[@300poundbassman]

Great to see ya back. We miss you!!Great radio 📻!!!!

[@michaellichter4091]

A very successful conversion, now the radio works with mains voltage, very nice.

[@km5lb11]

Also a lot of people who had the 6-volt farm radios would have a Windcharger wind machine on the farm to keep the battery charged.

[@FrankMakesStuff]

This video has EVERYTHING I love to see in a Glasslinger video! Beautiful radio, super-sleuthing troubleshooting (with accompanying cuss words) and visits from The Supervisor, who is only too happy to come in and share what's on her mind. I love this stuff, thanks again for sharing!

[@renatobordin1601]

Thank you Ron, I have a 39 Philips made in North America that needs the same mod, those dam vibrators are nasty. Love your fuse arrangement and the switch cleaner port trick, I will remember that.

[@NigelDixon1952]

Thanks for a great video, Ron, you do some fantastic work. I'm in the UK and lived on a small farm along with my family in Yorkshire. I was about 4, but at the time we'd just moved there and didn't have mains electricity. It would have been 1954. Some of my early memories are of a man turning up every week in a Morris Minor van, and replacing the wet battery of our radio. So, it seems we had farm radios in England too! Happy days!

[@hestheMaster]

Another Zenith farm radio conversion . This is a model 4-B-131 with chassis 5406. Not an easy radio to work on since rodents got to an IF transformer! Ron's cat loves supervising. Restoring it with new replacement caps and properly measured resistors would be next but it would make a very long video. Another excellent conversion to AC power Ron.

[@suzakule]

Why not! we cats rule the entire universe, you just don't know it yet!

[@hestheMaster]

@@suzakule Totally allergic to them !

[@suzakule]

@@hestheMaster that's just another way to rule over you! HA HA HA HA! 🐱

[@bblod4896]

Nice work Ron, glad to see you back on the saddle.

[@Super8Rescue]

Oh Ron, you spoil me. It's too late here to watch tonight, so I will enjoy this with my morning tea. stay safe my friend. xx

[@rustymotor]

I sure wish I had some of your valuable knowledge working with radios, I come from industrial electronics and process instrument trade background but RF circuits are a mystery to me. Also working knowledge around tube circuits is a vanishing art, a friend of mine who is getting on a bit in years is a former military radio and radar technician and has helped me in restoring an old tube radio set.

[@richardsmith7783]

O my God, Welcome back Miss. I hope you know we the people missed toy so much!

[@chrisingle5839]

I have an old Silvertone something like that. It is a combination 110V or Battery. When I restored it a few years ago, I fixed the vibrator part too. I simply wanted to understand how that part worked. Kinda fun to run it on battery when the power is out!

[@jimwolsiffer4397]

Awesome work Ron! Glad to see you posting , always look forward to your projects!

[@timhull8664]

Hi Ron.. nice to see you back again.. we dont see you often enough.. Great video..

[@Greg-et2dp]

Glass linger you are good at restoring vintage shortwave receivers and alignment of vintage shortwave receivers my friend 😅😅😊

[@geoff825]

Great to see you back!

[@Greg-et2dp]

Glass radio cabinet looks like new thats awesome my friend 😅😅😊🎉🎉

[@girleylucindagoncalvesluci558]

Eu sou do Brasil, gostei muito do vídeo. Que lindo rádio. Parabéns.

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

Love those old Zenith radios especially the ones with the Magic Eye and about 57 knobs. Surprised you would drill/hammer on that with the tubes still installed.

[@davidportch8837]

Beautiful cabinet, great radio..as ever, many thank for sharing Ron... really enjoyed this as I do all your videos...

[@Greg-et2dp]

Glass linger your vintage zenith farm shortwave receiver is awesome my friend 😅😅😅😅

[@miketurnner1351]

Good day sweetheart? Its great to see you back with a new video. I watched all of your other one so much i think i wore them out lol lol My Nephew made his crystal radio Thanks to you of encouraging him. .....If you know of anyone i could send the picture of the BIG tube i have so they can show it to you, That would be great. God Bless Miss and Have a beautiful day....

[@sr633]

Thanks for a great video Ron ! I miss our go to repair whiz Mr.Finkbeiner who passed last year.

[@petercool]

HELLO MR GLASSLINGER HAVE NOT SEEN YOU ON FOR SOME TIME NICE TO SEE YOU A GINE YOU DO FANTASTIC WORK BY FROM AUSTRALIA

[@coltronex]

Enjoyable repair Ron

[@robschertler8099]

That was just one crazy repair job 😮

[@davidandrews8566]

Nice job Ron a treat to watch

[@garyk.8674]

Thank you for what you do. May you repair many more radios

[@salossi]

I really love & enjoy all your work - and your massive knowledge - with one exception...: your soldering... I might be wrong, maybe it's hard to tell from the perspective of my laptops screen, but a LOT of these solderjoints look like proper cold joints to me, e.g. those at the fuse @13:20... And, a fuse, that is not properly installed with a fuse holder, is probably carrying mains and is "glued" to a switch looks fuckin dangerous to me...

[@brianbloom1799]

She's a Beautiful Cat Ron, Me and my wife ,and Baby girl 30 pound Tabby, Means everything to us, She is our Child. God Bless

[@chrishernandez2371]

Always nice to you watch your videos

[@Electronichub_05]

It's the only channel that doesn't make boring videos. I could watch these all day :) If I watch mr Carlson's lab I usually get bored quite quickly since the videos are just unnecessary long sadly.

[@georgeallen8860]

good girl ron nice to see you back

[@jtmiller3782]

Great video. It turned into a near restoration. Picked up some valuable information. Thanks for the education. JT

[@ronroberts34]

Brilliant Ron, thoroughly enjoyed that. You are a freaking genius.

[@delircorrea248]

Ele fez a troca da. Chave Power do receptor. Trocou filtros e recuperação da fiação. Esses rádios antigos sempre dão muito trabalho.

[@tordlingvall899]

Nice to see your work! The soldering gun impressed me. Bougt a chinese Weller solder gun only 160 W and it is slow. And your screwdrivers remember me about 50 th my father have the same. Here in sweden many radios are lokal. Not so much US made but some Marconi stuff from England. Keep going with your good work! You inspired me a lot.

[@knifeswitch5973]

Ron’s back! ❤

[@Greg-et2dp]

Glass linger your dress 👗 you ware a awesome my friend 😊😊😊

[@melvinstewart7266]

Ron u must be a genius. Love your videos you must have been doing this all of your life . Good work

[@billmcdonald2436]

That thing was riddled with issues. Thanks for the video Ron!

[@MichaelOfRohan]

Good to see you ron! Hope alls well!

[@antoniogabrieldesena]

📻 Excellent maintenance from the past to the future.😊

[@Greg-et2dp]

Glass linger your utube videos are awesome my friend 😅😅😅

[@ionzaharia5078]

Absolutly genius , you are one of a kaind in electronics , thank you for sharing you knolege with us ! I’m glad that you start posting againe !

[@miketurnner1351]

Hello Miss ? i just wanted to stop and say hello and hope you are doing good, We the people loves and miss you! Take care and be safe hugsss

[@AlexAlex-ei7zf]

дед, рад тебя видеть. лет 6 тебя на смотрел.

[@shubhankarnath9364]

Very skilled work 'glasslinger'. A treat to watch!

[@EddieVfgi]

OUTSTANDING, UNBELIEVABLE thanks, I loved it.

[@edmaster3147]

Just as easy as that, though it is never easy you make it look easy enough. Thanks for the great vid :)

[@joejeweller7614]

Thanks for another great video. More please!

[@sheep1ewe]

Thank You Ron for presenting us another excellent video! Top class as usual! 👌👍

[@chuck0mx]

Juat... very cool. The radio is in a very good "shape".

[@suzakule]

there was still a bit of 60hz hum in the audio, not sure if it was from the lights in the shop, or not enough filter caps :(

[@delircorrea248]

Os seus vídeos sumiram, agora voltou novamente, acho. Muito bom seus vídeos.

[@SatishVasane]

Nice restoration

[@OKokOKokOK.420]

Ron, you are 'The Best'

[@timhull8664]

Also, you can tell when Someone knows what they are doing, when they chop out a load of wires with no colour coding and then they solder in a load of new wires with no colour coding!

[@zx8401ztv]

What Ron doesn't know, isn't worth knowing.

[@hotpuppy1]

I would have left it original and just built a 6 volt power supply if I wanted it to operate. AC radios are a dime a dozen but working battery radios are harder to find.

[@JamesEncliffe]

Exactly! A once fine radio in good original condition has now lost all authenticity and performs rather poorly. Shame.

[@ShadowsOnTheScreen]

@@JamesEncliffe shame on you. He took a refinished radio with multiple failed components that virtually nobody in their right mind would want to mess with, and made it useful again.

[@shortwaverPL]

BRILLIANT!

[@eddiekilby]

Another outstanding job 👍👍👍👍

[@shanefluhr6454]

Wow that radio is impressive I've got one like it it needs to be refinished

[@rodan2alcubo]

Nice videos Ron, i enjoy watching and learn a bit... Waves from Argentina my Friend 😊

[@thomthumbe]

I prefer to un-solder, remove the old component lead completely, then wrap for a strong physical bond and then re-solder the original joint. To each his/her own. But the work and process done by Glassinger herein is superb, and interesting to watch! Very appreciated!! I’ve watched much of the video catalog!

[@glasslinger]

At one time I was in the radio-tv repair business and VERY QUICKLY found that time spent per job was the determining factor of making a profit or not. You make up as many shortcuts as possible to cut the time down to minimum possible while doing a reliable job.

[@thomthumbe]

@@glasslinger - I agree completely. Since I don’t fix anything for anyone besides myself, my comment is from a completely different realm. Even then, your style is highly admired by many folks, including myself!

[@6581william]

I think you are doing what I wanted to do. Well, updating the power section. I want to remove a really old amp section of a radio, but didn't know if it would affect the tuning. Tips would be welcome. 1942 floor radio. TY Take care.

[@glasslinger]

The speaker of the old radio is not capable of any better sound than the original amp can produce. Thus, putting a better amp is useless, and destroys the value of the radio as an antique.

[@6581william]

Not sure there is a speaker problem. Have not heard the radio since the seller removed all of the tubes. Supposedly, the radio is very common (little value) Zenith 10S669 or possible a GE L-916. Even so, with your info, I'm now torn. Thank you for your thoughts and timely repsonses. Good day.

[@lewiskhan9825]

Great video Ron!

[@bahramsoroush2228]

Thanks for this educational video.

[@Greg-et2dp]

Glass linger what did you do for a living 🤔

[@Ale.K7]

Gorgeous radio, great video!

[@Greg-et2dp]

Glass linger iam going to san Diego CALIFORNIA in October 19-23 2023 for five days with my cousin and his wife we are flying there my friend 😅😅😅

[@ThomasBussmann]

🤣"Junk" ... this was one of the funniest episodes I have watched on this channel... and - btw - being able to recognize in a second what is "junk" is so cool. 😀

[@jockoharpo2622]

It's a tombstone type radio! It's BOOOOOtiful!

[@buckykattnj]

Is it just me, or does it look like the dial pointer is upside down? Specifically, the Z looks like the big part is on top... I would think that when the pointer is straight up/down, the Z should look just like the one printed on the face. Granted, I don't see this pointer up close for long in the video... best view is probably at 0:42... but it may be the camera angle or something.

[@badenmelhuish3215]

Yes, you are correct. It is upside down.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

There was a radio made by BUSH Electronics that used vacuum tubes and would run of mains or battery.

[@MAGA_Extremist]

Love you Ron ❤

[@Thomas-yr9ln]

I love your videos and hope you will make many more.

[@firenbubble]

Ça fait toujours plaisir de voir une de tes vidéos =]

[@apl175]

"Ultimately I got some job like converting a DC set into an AC set, and it was very hard to keep the hum from going through the system, and I didn't build it quite right. I shouldn't have bitten that one off, but I didn't know. " - R. P. Feynman from the Chapter One 'He Fixes Radios by Thinking!' of the memoir Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman

[@GoingFission-iw4zl]

Since the vibrator makes an artificial sine wave, does that mean that the heaters are meant to be operated off of alternating current?😮

[@wdmm94]

The vibrator was needed with a transformer to step up the 6V to the higher B positive for the plate side of the tubes.

[@wdmm94]

This is a 6 volt car battery set.

[@juniorjonyJunior]

Any AM radio can be catched in USA?

[@glasslinger]

Mostly.

[@ГарикШариков]

привет из Минска

[@andygoldensixties4201]

this job is art, congrats