Palomar 300A power transformer. Actually found one!

[nomadradio]

Scored a power transformer for a Palomar 300A. Didn't cost me an arm and a leg. I was impressed by how it was packed.

Yes, the fiberglass strapping tape had to be cut to open the outer carton.

The inner carton was reinforced the same way.

And there was no empty rattle space. The inner carton is stuffed tightly. Like it should be.

So here's the actual content of the package. Not only drop-kick proof, but waterproof to boot!

And it works! Turns out to be the correct voltage for this RF deck. And here's part of the reason this model has a reputation for being meaner than six tubes should get. The heaters are being jazzed beyond the 12.6 Volt rating. Leads me to suspect the designer was expecting to use 8950 tubes. Their heater rating is 13 Volts, not 12.6.

Was cheaper than building my own.

73

 

[unit_399]

Nice score.

 

[Onelasttime]

That is fantastic! Glad you found a part you needed to complete a set! Truly happy for you!

It is sad to say but finding anything now is diffacult. It took me 3 years to get a OEM transmission filter for one car and about the same to get an OEM steering intermediate shaft for another! Easy to find either prior to Covid-19 than nothing!

So even the mundane things that should have been easy to find became mission impossible to find! I can recall when these power supply transformers where as plentiful as dandelions. Often it would be just the transformer being sold and nothing else. You would often see just the power supply for things or just a TX or just an RX unit being sold when you really needed multiple parts to make a functioning set!

So again very happy for you!