SPARC – Guidelines For Restorations and Repairs
Customers submit radios for repair/restoration at their own risk.
Please read the following carefully.
Effective: July 2024
Waiting List: Please contact us before bringing your radio to the museum. It may be necessary to place your name on a waiting list, dependant on our workload. You will be contacted to bring your radio in for repair. Download a copy of the Service Record Form. Please note carefully, the limitations regarding repair of vintage radios and electronics. Radio Service Form NEW- rev2bw.
Complete the customer details portion and bring it along with your radio. As of July 2024, the waiting period is approximately 2 weeks.
Please note: major cabinet work is not being undertaken at this time.
Take a moment to review the following considerations regarding the repair and restoration of radios. Things to Consider About Your Vintage Radio – Sept 2019
Deposit: a deposit of $50 [ cash, cheque or e-transfer only please ] is required for all radios submitted for repair.
Chassis: A basic $250.00 charge is now in effect. It assumes paper and electrolytic capacitors replaced as required, a few resistors, possibly some re-wiring/line cord replacement, cleaning, tube testing/replacement and alignment. Refer to the service form for more detail. If repair is of a minor nature, the cost may be discussed with the technician.
Certain items may be additional to the basic charge. A power transformer can cost upwards of $100. Special tubes (eye tubes) are more expensive – customer to confirm expenditure prior to purchase of such parts. It is not always possible to fully diagnose whether a part is needed until work has been undertaken on the chassis – if a customer declines to proceed with a repair, the deposit will be retained by SPARC to cover work undertaken and the re-assembled set returned to the customer.
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