My Friend's Old G.E. Transistor Radio is Completely Dead.. I Think!

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@ray73864 Ай бұрын

As an '80s kid, I was never taught to remove batteries either, we were always taught to put the batteries in, and the batteries remained in there until they went flat.

@naytch2003 Ай бұрын

On the Repair shop today...oh I mean Amateur Repair time today lol..another gem from The Radio rescuer 👍😉

@idahopotatoe Ай бұрын

As the owner of the radio. I am very happy with this radio. Thanks Ron!

@AmateurRepairTime Ай бұрын

Very welcome

@SiaVids Ай бұрын

Joe knew what was wrong with it..... It's broke. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@naytch2003 Ай бұрын

He told me that too..😁

Ай бұрын

According to the date on the speaker, it was manufactured during the 41st week of 1966 so a build date of late 1966 or early 1967 is correct for the radio. Don't worry about using a 16 ohm in place of a 12 ohm speaker, the radio won't know the difference. Also, I use Jackson Speaker Service in Jackson Michigan for speaker repairs and re coning. Ron McGee does a great job of rebuilding speakers at fair prices. I also recommend replacing the electrolytic caps in those radios as after nearly 60 years, they are headed for failure in the near future.

@AmateurRepairTime Ай бұрын

It looks like the second number being a 7 on the red radio date code represents 1967

Ай бұрын

@@AmateurRepairTime The date stamp on the speaker shows a 6641 decoded means the speaker was produced 41st week of 1966. The vast majority of electronics parts such as tubes, many transistors and caps produced from the 30's to date, have a date code stamped on them. Some of the codes are harder to decipher than others, but they are still there.

@dnbreyen Ай бұрын

Ron, all of your radios and clocks you fixed are amazing! I like that vintage stuff!

@markjackson1444 Ай бұрын

Gimme the beat boys to free my soul…..What a killer tune “Drift Away” is….Great work on getting this radio back up and rockin’ again. Getting less amateur and more pro with each new project!

@justjoe942 Ай бұрын

Did I hear you quote Hudson and Landry's 'Ajax Mortuary' routine? "You stab em, we slab em." Which is an oldie and very funny. God bless.

@Zepphd2 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video Ronnie!!

@WreckDiver99 Ай бұрын

Mentioned before that my uncle owned a TV repair shop, he also did radios and such. I still remember the 'official radio repair' spot about 3 blocks from my house, they handled most of the 'brands' back then. I had to drop an old radio off there for my parents back in the mid-70s for a warranty repair. Got it back about 2 weeks later. The good old days when we actually would repair what we bought instead of tossing it out. Granted, repair costs have gotten to be beyond astronomical now, and it is generally far cheaper to replace than repair. We do have a place that still does repairs, but they are pretty much for the high end commercial or enthusiast. They take in mixer boards, high end audio gear (the stuff that I could only dream of having), etc. Usually the stuff showing up there starts at $10K to buy new. Just to drop the stuff on the bench is over $300!

@hiredgun7186 Ай бұрын

My grandparents had this exact model of radio on top of their fridge for decades, the sound brings me back to staying the weekend with them and it playing sunday morning while grandma made breakfast. The local Radio Station had a show called reading the funnies, where they would read the sunday comics while you followed along with the paper in funny voices and all, Great memory, They were a really good early transistor radio for the day , and not cheap from what I can remember. Awesome you got it up and running again

@dlschgo Ай бұрын

The dead batteries gave you a big clue. They didn't die in vain.

@FireandFrostHVAC Ай бұрын

“You stab’em & we slab’em”… 🤣🤣🤣

@neilh2669 Ай бұрын

The battery thing may also be user age dependent. I think alkaline batteries were released in the late 60’s. What I recall in the 70’s was that alkaline batteries were expensive compared to carbon-zinc “dry cells”. Dry cells were plentiful at the store and many people used alkaline only when the powered product said it needed alkaline. Traditional dry cells could “leak”, but it was uncommon. It was common to store stuff with the batteries installed. Older Rayovac dry cells were marked with a guarantee against leak damage.

@hestheMaster Ай бұрын

Rare dial design as they are wheels and the tuning "knob" is a barrel type. GE made a similar version, P-1835 with the same two wheels but a regular tuning knob on the side in 1966. Good job hunting down the bad speaker and finding a new one that fits! Too bad it doesn't have a light on the dial pointer or anywhere on the face to indicates it's on. Might be why the batteries can get run down if you don't click it totally off. Working great enough to get demonitied now! WRBK is the nice oldies FM station there in Chester, SC. 7500 Watts of power. I highly recommend a visit to the Chester Co.Transportation Museum there in Chester.

@86FxBdyCpe Ай бұрын

Hey Ron, 11 Andover Avenue in New Hartford, NY is looking a little on the abandoned side these days. Lol.

@josephcote6120 Ай бұрын

The street view is pretty bleak, but it's the back side of a strip mall. Looks like all the stores are open. If the buildings are the same from the 60's (likely) my guess is it was a GE sales center in front (whatever that address is) but deliveries for repairs would get delivered to the backdoor address.

@markjackson1444 Ай бұрын

I’ve noticed that people like music to the same degree, whether it’s coming out of a really nice stereo unit OR coming out of a $50 transistor distorting it’s head off. ….It doesn’t seem to matter, so my thought is that what’s connecting with folks is the melody and not the sound system….Just remember that when a salesperson is trying to sell you some big, expensive sound system. …

@jeffreyhickman3871 Ай бұрын

Ya could have a capacitor which has blown open. YES, ALWAYS remove the batteries 🔋 from any radio 📻 that's not going to be in service. Shango066 has always said to do so. Your friend, Jeff.

@naytch2003 Ай бұрын

I know whats wrong with it..Joe told me 😉

@ray73864 Ай бұрын

Coppertops are the worst, the absolute worst. I've moved over to Energizer, haven't had an issue with any so far. Would go with lithium, but my god are they expensive, a pack of 4 is like 4 times the price of a regular pack of 4.

@DavidWilliams-rn6uq Ай бұрын

“I can name that tune in 5 seconds!” - KZbin

@ray73864 Ай бұрын

You know what also works with a credit card? Paying it at the end of each month! Then you don't get hit with the interest rate! Or just not have a credit card at all, debit cards (At least here in Australia), work pretty much exactly the same :D The other thing people fall for, are those '24 months interest free' type sales, I mean, sure, it's interest free during those 24 months, but if you don't pay it off before the 24 months is up, the interest rate is some horribly high figure that will make you wish you never brought the product in the first place :P

@AmateurRepairTime Ай бұрын

Usually if you don’t pay it off while it’s interest free, they add all the interest back in that you should have been charged when it was 0. Crazy

@ray73864 Ай бұрын

@@AmateurRepairTime Which is what a lot of people don't seem to understand. Interest free period just means: Pay it off immediately during that time, because it'll cost you 10x more in the longrun.