Car stereo question,, What is a "Convector"?
Jul 14, 2007 | 02:32 AM
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Car stereo question,, What is a "Convector"?
Car stereo question,, What is a "Convector"?
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Jul 14, 2007 | 07:39 AM
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I believe that is the amp for the stock factory radio that was attached behind the passenger side dash; that's where it was in my '72.
Jul 14, 2007 | 09:03 AM
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7t2vette
I believe that is the amp for the stock factory radio that was attached behind the passenger side dash; that's where it was in my '72.
Mine too. Factory radio won't work without it.
Jul 14, 2007 | 09:23 AM
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Convector...fancy word for heat sink
Jul 14, 2007 | 05:36 PM
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Ummm...a fancy oven?
Jul 16, 2007 | 11:13 AM
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SIXFOOTER
Convector...fancy word for heat sink
Nerds call things like radiators and heat sinks convectors, because they convect the heat away, instead of radiate it.
Jul 16, 2007 | 01:59 PM
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RunningMan373
Car stereo question,, What is a "Convector"?
That's a convector. Stereo to boot since it has a capacitor for each channel.
Jul 16, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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Easy Mike
That's a convector. Stereo to boot since it has a
capacitor for each channel.
Power transistor
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Jul 16, 2007 | 02:39 PM
Burning Brakes
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Brooklinite
Mine too. Factory radio won't work without it.
WHATS A FACTORY RADIO?
Jul 23, 2007 | 03:40 PM
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RunningMan373
Car stereo question,, What is a "Convector"?
This piece of business is how GM made stereo out of a mono radio.
Pretty slick eh?
Jul 23, 2007 | 06:10 PM
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If I take-out my single transistor convector, and put in a double convector....will that will make my orignal mono radio into stereo radio?
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Jul 23, 2007 | 07:31 PM
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If I take-out my single transistor convector, and put in a double convector....will that will make my orignal mono radio into stereo radio?
That's my understanding.
(I am not an authority though.)
Jul 23, 2007 | 09:16 PM
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jshug
If I take-out my single transistor convector, and put in a double convector....will that will make my orignal mono radio into stereo radio?
No. The stereo radios have a second channel output to the two-transistor convector assembly. The stereo radios are identified by having a balance control (behind the volume control), and a red light in the upper left quadrant of the dial which illuminated if a stereo signal is received.
Mine too. Factory radio won't work without it.
