Post by 6A8G. on Nov 7, 2021 11:43:01 GMT 12
Howdy all, my wife recently bought an ERLA radio at a Dunbar Sloan auction. She didn't have time to preview it but she reckoned I could deal with whatever could be wrong with it.
Imagine our surprise to find it fully restored by a Steve Heal back in 2009 for the tidy sum of $331.40. He did a very good job too. This is a very high quality radio with push-pull output so my wife set it up on the kitchen bench & we used it.
For one week.
One morning she she she thought she could smell burning. She was right. The power transformer was very hot so I waited for all to cool, pulled out all the valves & plugged it in via the dim bulb tester. I got definite glow & after a while the transformer started warming up:(
So I guess I have a shorted turn. Give the filter choke & inter-stage transformer had both been re-wound I probably shouldn't be too surprised if the mains transformer should go faulty also.
So my reason for this post is to ask if anyone has a spare transformer with which they would be willing to part please?
The radio is an ERLA model 245. It's American by birth (with a 240V transformer) & made in 1931.
The secondary voltages are:
385 + 385;
2.5v;
2.5v;
5 v.
I am happy to pay any reasonable price for this & pay postage also.
I wish I had:
A transformer winder;
A bit more mathematical nous;
A large supply of magnet wire.
Best...
John 
