General Electric (GE) HJ-514 | Entire Electrical Restoration | Cabinet Pending

A long video as requested by one of my subscribers showing many of the steps I took to repair/restore this General Electric (GE), model HJ-514 AA5 receiver from around 1939 or 1940. The cabinet refinish will follow as time/weather permits.

A few things other than your typical capacitor and resistor replacements that are noteworthy:
* Dial String configuration & restringing
* BEAM-A-SCOPE inductance for primary (external antenna connection) & secondary windings
* I.F. Transformer lead wire issues & calculating Quality Factor (Q-Factor)
* Shorted Tuning Condenser (Capacitor) repair & cleaning
* Tube testing & my mistake along the way
* Correcting a noise issue caused by the metal dial scale
* Rewiring the on/off switch to the hot side (reference the article I noted) to make the receiver safer
* Adding Bluetooth (w/ an Isolated Input) at:    • AA5 Receiver or Other | Bluetooth Int...  

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