The Erres KY483. Is a beautifully designed radio with the shape of a pine acorn.
The device is really beautiful to see.
The inside was all dust.
Time for restoration.
The power cord is still in good usable condition.
The chassis is a beautiful, compactly constructed whole.
The power supply elco the black tar capacitors.
Beautiful device to restore.
The structure of the chassis is neatly built.
Beautifully constructed chassis.
Next to the tuning capacitor is an electrolytic capacitor.
Some more detail photos.
For when you want to restore a wreck.
Or if you just want to enjoy it.
The tubes on the chassis.
Now we are going to restore.
To restore is to bring it back to its original state, so we make new tar capacitors.
This tar capacitor is not good.
The speaker cloth.
The shelf is nice and clean.
A donor speaker cloth. find the right piece.
Glue on the board.
The donor cloth with hole.
And look this already looks beautiful.
The new tar condenser. Left the jig. On the right the new yellow capacitor. In the middle the new tar condenser.
Placing the new tar condenser.
And another tar capacitor.
The first tests.
A new electrolytic capacitor.
A fully restored radio.
The device plays the stars of heaven again.
