Westinghouse Little Jewel H126 Refrigerator Radios Analysis Initial Testing Pt1

[@mattdavala3790]

I love my little jewel radio! I changed a few caps for safety but left others in place since its performance is so good! I'd love to see two videos on the little jewel radios you've got.

[@matthiasmartin1975]

So enjoyable to watch. I loved the close-ups in the good light with the super crispy video quality. No matter how you choose to proceed with these, I will be well entertained as long as there are enough "creeespeee"s, "crunchy"s and "here, here"s in there.

[@ToneHobart]

A recap video would be good, Like hanging out in a repair shop and just chit chatting about other stuff...

[@ESDI80]

I love you troubleshoot instead of just shotgunning the caps. I'm really learning a lot from your videos. :-)

[@frankpitochelli6786]

I love how you find all these gems!! 5 years ago when I closed my shop, I threw out so many (150+) TV's... I don't know what I was thinking...😒... Some were from the late 80's 90's most 2000's.

[@enzoperruccio]

I love how 3/4 of the video is just Shango fighting with loose connections.

[@cutbaithooks3376]

I can watch these videos and be entertained\educated solely on the narrative 🙂 thanks 👍

[@thunderkunt5416]

Recapping NEVER gets old ! Never too much !

[@doctorwacky5680]

I can’t go to amusement parks anymore and ride roller coasters. I had some surgery done on my eyes, and it’s a possibility that they could pop out. Westinghouse radios were awesome, they made some good stuff. Keep up the good work, and I love that guy he cracked me up. What a doofus

[@ollisTubes]

,Diagnose and repair' ...., ,What world does not need is another recapping video'. I really like that statement and you idea to approach this stuff. Thumbs up.

[@alphabeets]

Personally, I find it fun and satisfying to watch re-capping videos and seeing the improvement. I’d love to see you post the recap videos.

[@sophiestabilitronics]

Good day Shango066! I admire your channel since you revive even those units with cracked capacitors and melted wax fillings on one of them. Interestingly the open capacitor could cause not to peak properly the 2nd IF can. Thank you also for reviving my enthusiasm to repair electronic units again. Greetings from Philippines! :)

[@terryvaughn8466]

I really enjoy your videos. Go ahead and recap , we will watch. I have 4 of these radios ,I think they are really neat. Not sure why you didint just recap to begin with. Seems like it would have saved more time. I did enjoy the troubleshooting and seeing with all your expertise that you still get a little frustrated. LOL. When I saw you pull that rusty one out , I said that ones gonna work like a champ. Keep up the videos . Love'm

[@polishhotdog933]

Love the close ups and the high definition video.👍🏼

[@I967]

That is a very solid, elegant design, I think it has stood the test of time really well. Still very modern looking, I'd say, and I guess that is why they are popular today. Thanks for sharing.

[@jeffreyhickman3871]

I really 👍 like these refrigerator radios. I watched Glasslinger go into the timely restoration of one. Yours is also very well worth the restoration. The 💡 idea is 👎 not to lose, or break the ✋ handle on top (on hers), or lose the 👌 knobs, or the 📻 radio's value will drop next to 👎 nothing. I can't tell if this refrigerator 📻 radio has a ✋ handle on top. 👍 Yes, it sounds 👍 like it works, and the grille cloth is a ➕ plus. I 👍 like the color. The 📻 radio's quiet because the capacitors are lossy. The dial light bulb needs replaced, it's out. "Tweakificate", 😆 LOL!! Fabulous speaker. It appears to be permanent magnet. I'd be careful poking around inside this. Ya won't want to short it out. I'm 👎 not sure if this 📻 radio has organic rubber wire in it. If so, it's pretty well rotten. This thing sounds pretty 👍 good to me, but the sound is stifled, because of the out-of-value capacitors, or an intermittent, or shorted-out one. Also, be careful, if this is a 🔥 hot chassis set. I can't 👀 seem to find plastic-tipped screwdrivers, which are perfect for this job. I might short something out with my metal ones, from Wal-Mart, that I bought for $2.47. Lick your food ☝ off the Styrofoam tray, 😆 😆 LOL!! I've 👂 heard of the 🍸 drinking straw ban, but it's never gone into effect where I am. I'd rather this be a basement radio, than a 🚻 bathroom radio. Wax capacitors. You'll want to replace those. 👌 Keep ☝ up the 👍 great work, Mr. Shango066. Your friend, Jeff.

[@robertfakler8564]

I would enjoy seeing a separate video of each one, showing cleaning, recapping, aligning, and maybe refinishing the exterior.

[@charleswillsonpeale5739]

Now that Shango has brought awareness these radios exist those who've never saw one before will be on e-bay buying one. Shango has just caused the vintage Westinghouse Little Jewel table radio stock to go through the ceiling.

[@antonionunez2312]

Shangos amusement park, every tube tv and radio on display in the desert 😂

[@arkieokie]

Video the recap separate for each radio sounds good to me.

[@eddiewillers1]

"What kinda' cheap-a..." - sees GE logo, changes tack.

[@MrPhantomFury]

Haha that was funny XD

[@nathanlewis5682]

Years ago I worked a security patrol gig at an amusement park. I couldn't wait to get out and go home. I had to watch a bunch of funny movies to avoid depression from that amusement park.

[@edwardallan197]

I am not tired of watching Shango recap old radios......

[@zx8401ztv]

No one watches you for recapping, It's your knowledge/Ability's and spot on Sarcasm/Humor that attracts people.

[@andrewcrawfor1381]

Your right i love his smart mouth n the fact he gives zero fs bout any ones feelings lol

[@koelima]

You're wrong . I love watch each step of recapping or restoration. Sarcasm/Humor is a bonus. He has a lot of patience to fix them . Congratulatios Shang. He's a teacher at every step.

[@jamest409]

At first I watched for the content, I know watch for the rhetoric !

[@pyeltd.5457]

and his road trips

[@zx8401ztv]

@@pyeltd.5457 He does find some odd places to wander about :-D

[@TheDevice9]

I haven't been to an amusement park since I was a kid in the 60s and got freaked out talking to the decapitated women's head sitting on a table. I think one of us might have been a little too high.

[@uxwbill]

It only took me fourteen years to finish building my dim-bulb tester. The parts chassis actually looks a LOT better than the other two.

[@madmanmapper]

16:18 I have a really hard time reading color codes because I'm color blind, and the resistors I see always seem to be filthy and color faded to boot. So I have to rely on diagrams. :/

[@CircuitCreator]

Beautiful past

[@vancouverman4313]

When you restore that particular model, you'll find that they heat up a lot inside so use capacitors that can take extreme heat. I found out the hard way when I restored one I had.

[@RoughJustice2k18]

I'm sure David Tipton would love owning and restoring radios like these!

[@mrmagoo916]

Yeah he's good.

[@fredfabris7187]

Thank you for the diag and sparing me the recap 😎

[@ronaldspencer547]

You made two 80 year old radios start working in 45 minutes!

[@damianrieger4354]

I instantly recognized the design of those Westinghouse radios even though I haven't seen one since the 1980s. I think these were made in the same pastel colors and gold tone as the kitchen appliances. Please correct me if I'm wrong. The made in America stamp is interesting. A hallmark of the post war era.

[@janosnagyj.9540]

I suggest make one video for each one, including the revival of the parts chassis :)

[@craignehring]

Editing a recap to show the rough spots perhaps, not sure, A final tweek / alignment perhaps Great stuff as always from the legend himself here though THANK YOU for all you do shango066

[@jamesmann1243]

My Grand pa, always said, " You can be sure ( it's junk) if it's Westinghouse!!! 😂

[@1958Cadillac-v2g]

75 years old and working. Mine exactly the same radio, bought about 20 years ago, still working, ive had nothing done to it . I have a 1961 am table battery Westinghouse radio, still working. So much for junk theory.

[@JerryEricsson]

I used to have an uncle (RIP) who despised plastic ware. He was an old farmer, raised hogs and sheep, a few cattle for their milk and the caves they had in the spring after the neighbor's bull "accidentally" crossed the fence into his pasture and "serviced" his cows. He used to hire me for haying season to cut, buck, and stack his hay, paid $5.00 a day wages if you could get him to cough up the paychecks. He was a thief extrionair as well, every time he came around and someone was working on their outfits, as was part of your daily duties as a farm hand, or farmer, he would pocket a pair of pliers, or perhaps an open end wrench. It got so bad that my father purchased some letter punch an punched his initials, since his name was Gordon, his initials were GE. When dad cornered him once when over at his place fixing his well he came across his huge pipe wrench, an expensive tool that had been missing for quite some time, the old fart told dad the tool was made by General Electric! After my uncle picked himself up off the ground, he gathered all of dad's tools that he had "borrowed without permission" and returned them. At any rate, the old fart always carried a knife and fork in the front pocket of his overalls. The silverware was marked USN and came from the collection that my father had, his brother who was in the Coast Guard had purchased a set of those for each of his brothers. Ah well they are both gone now, laying near each other in the Green Hill Cemetery

[@Synthematix]

Cool little art deco looking radios m8t, radios should always be in a metal case like this for best performance especially MW/AM

[@bob5074]

Bad Boys Ravage Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly.

[@Rev22-21]

Bad boys rape our young girls but violet gives willingly.......

[@trevorhaddox6884]

Here we see the Shango in his native habitat attempt to become like Electroboom.

[@trevorhaddox6884]

@N01Spl He has an EE degree...

[@trevorhaddox6884]

@N01Spl you seem like just a hater

[@larkinteractive209]

So fascinating seeing antique radios still functioning to this day.

[@tonyp7779]

the dull finished resistors are usually IRC brand. they usually drift. glossy finished resistors are Allen Bradley and are good for staying in tolerance

[@tarstarkusz]

If you don't have an isolation transformer/variac, is it OK to hook them up to a fused (say 5 amps (12v side)) power inverter running off of either a charger or a lead acid battery? You can get a cheap 80 watt inverter from harbor freight for 10 bucks.

[@joebrock9784]

It’s just a testament to how good things are made back in Orick my friend actually work with that crack faster than all that in there and work halfway decent after listening to your

[@alex1520]

hahahah funny you say toaster radio - the first thing that came into my head was a bread toaster when the video started. lol

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

Why do you think the IF transformer trimmers were unresponsive on both of those chassis?

[@dougbrowning82]

What's wrong with the "parts" chassis? It looks nice and clean. I would pick that one over the "rusty crusty" chassis for a working radio.

[@robertgaines-tulsa]

I'd watch a recapping video. You make them entertaining with just your ramblings.

[@tarstarkusz]

KRDC, Radio Disney was on the air as of yesterday. There's a youtube video of 2 hours of KRDC uploaded yesterday (Sat)

[@Art7220]

I was listening to a SDR based in Santa Clarita, CA. and it was still on like you said.

[@bassblaster505]

22:38 "Wire from the rectifier thats soldered to that LOOK AT THIS CAPACATOR!"

[@bob5074]

This is exactly what I do with an old fire alarm panel. Just reach in and start moving wires and flexing boards.

[@Seiskid]

More videos - even if you show us after the recap. Curious what the third one works like.

[@dindog22]

I enjoy amusement parks, maybe go once a year to Cedar Point but I'm not one of these coaster enthusiasts who travels around the country trying to rack up as many roller coaster credits as possible. I see you are closing in on 50k subscribers. any plans on celebrating that milestone?

[@Rfk1966]

Some black plastic tv may be sacrificed

[@connorm955]

A newer Trinitron EOL would be nice. @@Rfk1966

[@vextenoch]

Hahahha. My capacitor pulsates when i hear about amusement parks.

[@error52]

I'm really curious about the condition of the parts chassis. I've had several cases where the supposed "parts" set performed better with minimal intervention than the one I was trying to fix in the first place.

[@shango066]

And that is the case here in pt2

[@hotpuppy1]

"parts" means the case was damaged. Sure looks clean, at least from the view seen.

[@keithbrandaw7229]

Great Video, get the parts chassis going !

[@shango066]

Happens in next part

[@tedcowart3647]

I had one of those little trouble makers a few years ago. I have a lot of radios and use them and that Westinghouse always had something wrong with it even with other experienced techs working on it as well as me. I had a customer come over one time and saw it on the shelf and offered me an absurd amount of money for it even after I told her about it. She didn't care. Wanted it for display on top of her vintage refrigerator. Win win

[@shango066]

seems right

[@frustro4323]

The second one was from a cabin where freezing was common. I saw a few of them from big bear, VOE, crestline etc.

[@vicmabus1532]

The parts set looks like the best bet.

[@mikeschumacher]

I wouldn’t mind seeing Shango fire up the parts set just to see if it works.

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

@@mikeschumacher Absolutely! I would have done that straight away. But that's me. Looking for a quick happy.

[@Elfnetdesigns]

I would repair and align the "parts" chassis and the other non-corroded chassis (new caps and cloth wire (if possible), maybe some of the drifted resistors) and recommend the owner restore the other shells for those. Use the corroded chassis for parts if you can where you can. You can get a couple videos out of this and we would eat it up as long as you dont change. That corrosion could cause issues later on unless you strip down that chassis and take a wire wheel to it and clean it up

[@cfd_novotroitsk]

Is it true that capacitors last longer, if it's stored in refrigerator?))

[@ricknelsonm]

Maybe try and fix all three, even the one for parts, maybe do a video on each one then, really enjoyable either way. Thank you.

[@ESDI80]

Amusement parks! I have this computer game called Roller Coaster Tycoon. I would set up the park to give out free drinks and food and then charge everyone $50 to use the restroom! LMAO

[@eDoc2020]

$50? I don't think I've ever gone above $5 in RCT. The guests will leave if everything's too expensive.

[@nndorconnetnz]

LoL, thats so funny. Power on and no current, Opps the series lamp is stuffed. Being rhetorical. Radios this age are so full of dry joints,,, on moving wires/connections on the base and things change.. I re-solder and proceed with finding the next dry joint. You will eventually clear them all. But as a future prof, would it not be wise to re-solder all the base connections as a start?

[@swilwerth]

I enjoy more the resurrection thing than the recap if that matters. Will it twingulate? That's the question.

[@blobscott]

Some hipster should start a business selling candles made from the wax of old capacitors.

[@wolstech]

Pull the leads out of the end then shove a wick in the holes and light it :P

[@draftwood]

@@wolstech Fill your tiny house with the smell of nostalgia...

[@azariayehezkel9064]

What you want we love yours stuff

[@rotwang83]

It's a bad sign if even the spider is dead... 🤣

[@Natures_Intentions]

I will watch as many videos you are willing to making on the radios just my 2 cents

[@johnmarus8352]

It seems that the first radio did much of its crackling when you were moving the antenna. Perhaps there is a loose connection there?

[@radio1745]

Recap video and alignment let’s get those radios working.

[@scharkalvin]

In a resistance coupled audio amplifier (the IF tube has the detector diode in it), a remote cutoff pentode will work about the same as a sharp cutoff pentode, maybe a bit less gain. That 12SK7 is probably just DEAD.

[@hestheMaster]

Look at the capacitor at 22:45. It says ,"Help I'm melting!". "Insulated "gloves for sticking fingers into a hot radio. Yes they work because Shango will have a part 2!

[@connorm955]

OH HELL YES. Shango was exited for tax day 2021.

[@KorAllRBare]

🐨 That clean looking Parts Chassis looks like a real goer, Could it be a better choice for a restoration for one of the best cabinets? Might pay to evaluate it on it's own merits, specially if-n the wiring isn't as crusty as the one with the wiring dangerously crumbling away.. NOW... As for doing the recapping and recording of it "which for the most I feel is 80% of the restoration Grind when it comes to Valve Devices" As viewers we can always Fast forward or even skip the mandatory recapping, Mind you each respective device though, do have their challenges and it's these challenges that a good content creator usually includes.. APU I dropped a 👍

[@MrPlytiger]

If you are going to re cap them anyway you might as well make a video. Would you be able to dismantle one of those metal tubes, if you have a dead one that is, to see how they are constructed, i never seen inside one of those before, how are they even vacuum sealed with the metal cover, would be really interesting to see.

[@gerrettmcqueen7001]

It would be nice to see each one individually worked on

[@missyd0g2]

As a nerd you have the greatest old technology

[@foxyloon]

Amusement parks just remind me of being gouged left and right. Universal Studios in Orlando has a $300 admission, with the Harry Potter part of the park being paywalled for another $45, $10 for a beer, or $8 for a single pizza slice. All the souvenirs are equally just as expensive, for themed Chinese junk... The worst part is all the rides are either old and run down, or mediocre and boring. The newest attractions are paywalled intentionally, as that's the part of the park you'd actually want to go to... I'd rather spend the $400 on a tube amp, personally.

[@Art7220]

What, really? Do you get anything else besides admission? Disney must be lots more to get in.

[@foxyloon]

@@Art7220 Disney at least sells a package deal to Florida residents for $1500-$2000 that gives you access to all the parks, and includes lodging and free food for the whole stay. Universal is a lot cheaper to get in, by comparison, but a much worse value all around in my opinion. Orlando is a huge tourist trap, so I rarely ever head out there, especially these days...

[@phillipyannone3195]

Check out the the extra chassis and start restoration on the best one..you can fast forward through the recapping and show just the highlights and the final alignment. When you are satisfied with the results go to the next best one and do the same.

[@joebrock9784]

As we saw the yesterday in your 90s CB radio that Eureka that’s from the 90s and there’s already food and oil all over them the circuitboard this is from the 40s and it’s still working

[@gavincurtis]

15:30 oxygenated copper output transformer wires for optimum fidelity.

[@KameraShy]

I would like to see if that donor chassis would fire up.

[@wyokaiju992]

"learn the damn color codes, its not that hard" - Colorblind has left the chat.

[@gavincurtis]

EIA-96 bully has you memorizing a stupid lookup manual.

[@DjResR]

It is possible that the high resistance readings are caused by bad contact between hook clips and microscopic corrosion on leads._

[@teacfan1080]

The parts chassis looks really clean compared to the others. Maybe check to see how that is working and maybe do a swap? Neat radios though.

[@hfvhf987]

What does the bulb on the power line do?

[@agostinodibella9939]

This work sure takes a lot of patience!

[@doublebass]

How do I find repair guys like this?

[@thedogbarked123]

U.S. American native living in Germany. Now I know what videos to put on to make my GF fall asleep in my arms. RE: AM radio shutoff. Here in DE there are no LW or MW stations any longer. That means the only German language broadcasts are via SW from out of country like Radio Romania. The cell networks are often overloaded during normal times. Can you imagine during a regional crisis situation (meltdown / storm / power outage)? Almost the entire population would be completely without information and panic would result, burning buildings, looting, total breakdown. I can hear BBC in English on LW and MW during the nightime hours, but there are no German language broadcasts at all via groundwave on the AM (MW) / LW band.

[@trevorhaddox6884]

Figure out what is going on with those IF stages.

[@justsumguy2u]

I definitely think a part II is warranted. We still haven't found the source of the intermittents, plus the status of the parts chassis is unknown. I think I would try to get the parts chassis going and use it to replace the rusty one. The intermittent shouldn't be hard to chase down, it's just a matter of sitting down and having a good look at the previous work---I'll bet you'll find it

[@ObsessionoftheMonth]

31:14 I recapped one of those and all the caps in it were cracked, they were all Solars.

[@tiporari]

I assume you try to minimize disturbing things to preserve your troubleshooting validity, but dang, I wouldn't be able to resist just reflowing every cruddy solder joint, and cleaning every socket and pin. Brute force for a bruteish man. Lol

[@electrofan7180]

Well I guess we need more videos about light bulbs changing!☻

[@oscarflores1980]

Fill me out here: is AM 1110 still radio Disney or it finally went off the air? Unless otherwise it's probably a technical glitch

[@migsvensurfing6310]

Were these radios made before anything called design came in ? Not pretty imo. Crusty work, these radios has received a fair amount of damp over the years sadly. I would probably repair the best chassis and leave the other two for a time where I would need a challenge. Thanks for the video.

[@kareno8634]

Is the "parts" Radio only without a body; Enough to check Power, Sound, Tuning? other than that . . [I won't say] - i'll watch.

[@radio-ged4626]

Kolster Brands made a "Toaster Radio" the model was 950 KB FB10, 5 valve "Magic Midget" MW & LW superhet

[@mechtrician1]

I feel petty strongly about amusement parks since that’s how I make my living.