LIttle cheap readido is dead. Thermal fuse?

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From	NOSPAM.Ed.Vance@darkrealms.ca (Ed Vance)
Subject	LIttle cheap readido is dead. Thermal fuse?
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> From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com

> I have a cheap little radio that runs on AC or batteries, a Jensen
> MR-550, fwiw.  The voltage coming out of the power transformer is 
> zero.
> Between the prongs on the AC plug it has 580 ohms.  It also says it 
> has
> a "thermal fuse fitted D 125 0" (I think the last digit is a zero.)  
> But
> I haven't foudn the fuse yet.  Would the fuse be in the secondary
> circuit?  I thought it would be in the primary but there is 
> ocntinuity
> there, 580 ohms.   My friend says it wroked fine for the first 2 
> months
> and then went dead.

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Mickey, In the late 1950's I got my first AlliedRadio catalog.
I also hung around the Hi-Fi section of a store.

My thoughts back then was Jensen was one of the better brands as Bogen 
(Bogan?)
was 

Myself, I didn't buy the high priced spread.
My Stereo amplifier was a Heathkit AA-32. <G R I N>
Ed

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LIttle cheap readido is dead.  Thermal fuse? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-03-12 01:00 -0400
  Re: LIttle cheap readido is dead.  Thermal fuse? legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> - 2026-03-12 09:24 -0400
    Re: LIttle cheap readido is dead.  Thermal fuse? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-03-13 22:44 -0400
      Re: LIttle cheap readido is dead.  Thermal fuse? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-03-13 23:10 -0400
        Re: LIttle cheap readido is dead.  Thermal fuse? legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca> - 2026-03-14 08:59 -0400
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  LIttle cheap readido is dead. Thermal fuse? NOSPAM.Ed.Vance@darkrealms.ca (Ed Vance) - Sun, 22 Mar 2026 20:11:57
    Re: LIttle cheap readido is dead. Thermal fuse? Chuck <chuck23@dejanews.net> - 2026-03-23 09:49 -0500
      Re: LIttle cheap readido is dead. Thermal fuse? NOSPAM.Ed.Vance@darkrealms.ca (Ed Vance) - Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:31:48
      Re: LIttle cheap readido is dead. Thermal fuse? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-04-12 23:38 -0400

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