And if my attention wasn't focused on restoring my Grady White boat, the percentage might be climbing.looks like Steve has 29% of all known 1800's out there.!!!!!
And if my attention wasn't focused on restoring my Grady White boat, the percentage might be climbing.looks like Steve has 29% of all known 1800's out there.!!!!!
Another Fisher 1800 popped up on the auction site (no affiliation), looks like someone drilled a hole in the face for a replacement on / off switch at some point.
Serial number will be documented in this thread and seems to fall into the assumed production number of 1,000 units. 51996 T
51564T - RS Steve
51611T - lithography
51674T - online
51692T - RS Steve
51694T - for sale online
51996T- online
51997T - Ivorydan
52127T - Tuna
52154T - Ivorydan
52293T - RS Steve
52406T - RS Steve
52468T - Dave451
52478T - coryo
?????? - Fisherdude
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Much appreciated! Glad to see you back and posting again.I finally got around to digging mine out: 52167T.
Yes, from what I have learned, there was only one batch of 1000 units produced for sale in PX's only. I'd like to know if they were all wired for overseas originally and then converted back, and if they were labeled differently at the time they were converted back. There was one person that owned an 1800 that told me his did not have a dual voltage transformer.Interesting Steve. Did I hear before that the 1800's were sold in PX's on military bases? Maybe some were sold in USA PX's and some in overseas PX's? Just thinking out loud.....
I very much appreciate your thoughts, just another interesting subject on these units I'd like to understand. It would be cool to have all the members that own them show how their 1800's are labeled.Pretty certain that all 1800s employed the same power transformer. Chassis voltage identification merely indicates how the transformer is wired. Early units likely started with the voltage silk screened on the chassis and became part of a run of units so wired for that voltage. Later units graduated to the voltage being separately stamped on to allow for greater flexibility in production. Just a thought.......
Dave
When they purchased these in the PX's, Fisher had a program where if you brought the unit in when returning from overseas, they would convert it back to 115V for free. (special bonus)
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Well, the AM RF tube did indeed give up the ghost on the bench and a new one resolved the AM reception issue. Put it all back together and here it is. What a beautiful beast! It's in the listening room on the "receiver bookcase" along with my Scott 340B, Dave G mods Fisher 400, and Scott 350B with 299B (the Scotts are idle right now--that's why the tuner is sitting atop the amp).
Right Beethoven Symphony No. 2 is playing from the local station (vinyl--I can hear the tiny pops and the album is warped very slightly--can hear the 'thump' every now and then). It is a mighty sound through the AR-4x speakers!
So, this one will stay in rotation for quite a while I think. Since replacing the weak 7591 output tube, the amp is sounding great biased about 35 mA cathode current per tube. I have a couple of ongoing questions, but I'll start another thread.
Dave
PS The mounting clamps covered up part of the warning label on the AM antenna; right now it says "Use As A Handle." I'll resist the temptation until I can get a "Do NOT…" on the label!
The owners manual is for an 800-C and service manual is as Larry explained. They didn't have an 1800 owners manual, probably since they only had the one run of 1000 units and they are basically an 800-C with very few differences.Wow...somehow I missed this one. Very nice and with box.
Steve, have you or anyone found an original owners manual for one? I know the service manual hasn't been found.
That's good to know, looks like this type wood cabinet was produced for 1800's, I don't think I have seen them on other models with no metal screen.
Yeah, maybe 51501 to 52501 was the production numbers.Humm. The serial number spread is closing in on a thousand units produced real quick........
Dave