Remember when the radio chassis were live? You’d probably go to jail today for trying to market a product like this:-
My son bought it from a 2nd hand shop and asked me to repair it.
Into the bin it goes.
My son bought it from a 2nd hand shop and asked me to repair it.
Into the bin it goes.
The Bush DAC90A has the honour of being the best selling valve radio in Great Britain.
The fact that it was not associated with multiple fatalities was simply down to the common sense of the user.
I suspect that common sense was a more widespread human trait back in the 1950s than it is today!
The fact that it was not associated with multiple fatalities was simply down to the common sense of the user.
I suspect that common sense was a more widespread human trait back in the 1950s than it is today!
He has no need for it any longer since he also has an amp and a preamp made by his father’s own hand. Both very well earthed 😉
....or send it to Galu for his early morning listening on Radio Aquarius!
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It would certainly be a shame to bin it, though it's not a rare machine.
Radio Aquarius is all Greek to me!
I'll have you know I'm a Boom Radio listener: https://www.boomradiouk.com/
My friend found an old Bush DAC90A in his mother's loft and foolishly plugged it in to see if it worked.
It did - for about a nanosecond!
I told him I wouldn't be up for restoring it, but suggested he donated it to a local radio club.
Here are the internals: https://www.radio-workshop.co.uk/service/bush-dac90a.pdf
It did - for about a nanosecond!
I told him I wouldn't be up for restoring it, but suggested he donated it to a local radio club.
Here are the internals: https://www.radio-workshop.co.uk/service/bush-dac90a.pdf
People used to listen to hot chassis radios while taking a bath. It was also 20 years before GFI outlets existed. Yes some people are not around to explain why it was a bad thing.
That's what Variacs are for. For foolishly plugging in things slowly...
Many would have plugged their Bush into one of these back in the 1950s:
When they weren't doing their ironing of course!
When they weren't doing their ironing of course!
Thanks. I'll take your advice and not just plug it in! That reminds me I have a Pioneer receiver under my table that I got at a local flea market for a tenner. It is one of the earliest Japanese transistorised receivers, but the tuner section still uses tubes. Apparently it dates from 1966/67. The amplifier bit wasn't working so I fixed that, but there is still a problem with the preamp section. I haven't looked at it for about 3 or 4 yrs. Strangely, the AM tuner part still works after a fashion. Some of the resistors and caps in the tuner part look very fragile - I guess that would be the case in something like this approaching 60 yrs old. It would have looked like the bees knees in its day - backlit silver tuning dial etc, nice wooden wrap around housing. about 5 or 6 yrs later Pioneer, Sansui etc really took off - the receivers from those days were beautiful to look at.