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Great radios. I've got one mounted under a cabinet in my workshop, that lived under my kitchen cabinet 30 years before
The incandescent lamp is most likely in series with a diode for the low brightness setting, my grandparents had the same radio and it just used a standard 40 watt appliance lamp. Love the teardown, I haven’t seen one of these in years!
This is vintage, for sure👍
Have you considered retro-brighting the case? I sense that you're not big on slavish restorations, but your viewers might appreciate learning about that process, and seeing how it works.
The clock chip appears to be TMS 3450 ML. I don't think that letter "S" is a five.
Not so useful under the counter, but more likely designed for under the cabinet, I'd suppose.
my parents had this clock radio, it was installed under the counter near the microwave. I wish we still had it.
Is it an actual three way switch, or is it a switch that has a high power setting, and a low power setting?
You forgot to put that brass nut back. It goes to left side front support for under the cabinet install.
My parents and grandparents had one, they used the timer outlet for automatic coffee each morning, until they got a coffee maker with a timer built in
I'm still looking for a kitchen radio that hasn't been dropped too many times.
*$^& me, I remember when those came out!
+1 for the trip down memory road & a look inside!
I think the dim light is done with a diode.
Had one when I was a kid.
I have this exact radio in my kitchen came with the house when I bought it in 2009, it stays on 24/7 playing music, now I know its from 1989 (I thought it was older) thanks
Great breakdown video. What was the spray cleaner that you used on the AM/FM switch and volume pot? Thanks.
High low off for an incandescent lamp. High connect directly to line. Low put a diode in series with the line. Off is open the circuit. CHEAP to do.