Tim D
Super Member
So, after a long hiatus, I'm back in the game again. Got busy with life and work and just couldn't find time to get into the hobby. Well, I just picked up a second house way up north (from where I'm at in Florida) and needed to build up a second primary system with a Fisher tuner. (I have a fully restored Fisher 500B that has a Fisher tuner for one house and a couple of Fisher separate amps, but no extra Fisher tuners that are functioning.) I have a KX-200B amp but no tuner to go with it. In the queue was several Fisher tuners, a KM-60 (another one from one I saved before and gave to my sister), an FM-90B, a TFM-200 (hybrid), a couple of 1950's Fisher mono tuners (a 90-R and an FM-90X), and this FM-100B. I decided to start with the FM-100B.
It had a case that needs help and after opening it up, I found it has a full complement of Fisher tubes. I did pull it out and tested all the tubes and they test good in my Knight 600B Emission tester. Huzzah!
As a matter of course, I ordered a new can cap from AES (which has somehow changed its' name). I'll be cleaning it, restoring the case, recapping it all and checking resistors, adding an in-rush limiter, replacing the selenium rectifier and doing some updates that Professor Dave recommended in this thread (FM-100B: Fisher's Best Bang For The FM Buck). His opening post contains so much great info as usual! Of course I am going to do all this work without verifying the IF cans first (against recommendations because that is just me
.)
Here is a pic of the unit before I get started. Of course it needs the usual knob brights. The front side of the case just snapped off. An easy fix. This case is a slightly different ventilation grid style than I'm used to. Wonder if it is Fisher branded or aftermarket, but it fits perfectly.
It had a case that needs help and after opening it up, I found it has a full complement of Fisher tubes. I did pull it out and tested all the tubes and they test good in my Knight 600B Emission tester. Huzzah!
As a matter of course, I ordered a new can cap from AES (which has somehow changed its' name). I'll be cleaning it, restoring the case, recapping it all and checking resistors, adding an in-rush limiter, replacing the selenium rectifier and doing some updates that Professor Dave recommended in this thread (FM-100B: Fisher's Best Bang For The FM Buck). His opening post contains so much great info as usual! Of course I am going to do all this work without verifying the IF cans first (against recommendations because that is just me
.)Here is a pic of the unit before I get started. Of course it needs the usual knob brights. The front side of the case just snapped off. An easy fix. This case is a slightly different ventilation grid style than I'm used to. Wonder if it is Fisher branded or aftermarket, but it fits perfectly.
