Dear All, <br /> Does anyone have a picture showing the original main switch for a 1937 Scott Philharmonic in a Warrington cabinet ?

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Comment by David C. Poland on February 28, 2025 at 4:42pm

Don - looks lite an original power switch - bronze metal color, long shank and has solder lugs. Most respond well to a spray contact cleaner to improve connection. If the switch heats up much in use, try contact cleaner. I have one that was previously opened up - drilling out the rivet and reassembled with a small machine screw and nut.

Comment by Stephan Samourkas on February 28, 2025 at 4:18pm

Hi Dave,

Yes, it is the main power switch.

Thanks for the pictures.

Comment by Don Jackson on February 28, 2025 at 11:57am

Mine is on the bench right now, here is a photo of the switch that came with it. It might not be original but should be similar. 

Comment by David C. Poland on February 28, 2025 at 11:35am

switch location

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Comment by David C. Poland on February 28, 2025 at 11:32am

do you mean the main power switch to power on the radio?   

The 1937-8 Philharmonic power switch is a long shank toggle switch mounted on the side right side of the console cabinet - about 5 inches from the back edge & about 5 inches down from the top.  The toggle switch is on about a 3 foot twisted wire cable from the power supply, wired ahead of the primary winding of the power transformer. This cable exits the power supply from the same hole the power cord enters.

Try a hardware store for a long shank toggle switch with a rating 4 amps or more. The shank has to be long enough to pass through the side of the cabinet. The inside surface of the cabinet hole is recessed about 1 inch diameter and 1/4th inch deep (by a Forstner bit). Done the same way on any cabinet, until sometime 1939 with the introduction of the 9 shaft BOL Philharmonic, when the power switch was relocated to the volume control.