Im a big fan of collecting vintage testers and tools.
anyhow i'm creating a museum exibit of vintage testers and once they are all together i will probably donate them to the museum.
a while back i posted a vintage analog multi meter and here are two of the latest ive aquired.
a vintage GE...
Hi - been to fix a lamp today with a loose connection in the lovely terminal blocks. Then I noticed there's a brass lamp holder with no earth terminal and the earth is cut back in the wall. There's 4 of these fittings (8 lamps) in the room and they're probably all the same. Any suggestions for a...
Went the other day to fit some light fittings in a mates house he’s just inherited, and ended up having to Rewire the upstairs lights as they were wired in TRS
Whilst up in the loft I found these....
I have recently had a 1970 motorcycle returned to me after it was stolen. It was an ex-police machine made by the Rickman brothers. All the role equipment has been stripped and the bike is unrecognisable. I want to get it back into the condition it was in when it was stolen in 2011.
Rickman...
Who on here collects old stuff as I have a working Friedland C75 transformer that I just can't throw away so it would be nice if it went to a good home.
Well it's not often that I get to do a solid week of electrical work these days. Most of my time is office/lab/workshop based, in the field it's mostly electronics. But last week I did Monday to Saturday, six days and two nights, about 100 hours of non-stop-sparking. The main job saw the core...
Restoring a 1938 vauxhall DX positive earth 12v
Installed indicators and a relay works fine with the ignition on but flash very erratic when the engine is running
12V ELECTRONIC INDICATOR FLASHER RELAY POSITIVE EARTH GROUND 2 or 3 PIN OPTIONS | eBay -...
Found this on ebay (dont ask) anyone know what it actually does???
antique vintage electric skin stimulator curio weird thing | eBay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/antique-vintage-electric-skin-stimulator-curio-weird-thing-/252593548868?hash=item3acfbfae44:g:Mz4AAOSwmLlYB35O
Dont do much domestic myself but are you lot still throwing these away on rewires?
vintage mk switch | eBay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xvintage+mk+switch.TRS0&_nkw=vintage+mk+switch&_sacat=0
Personally I bin em but someone must be buying?
Hi all,
As you may know I've recently joined the forum and have an avid interest in all things vintage - in particular the restoration of vintage items. More recently i have taken an interest in electrical items.
I'm looking to re-wire two vintage spot/desk lamps that date from the 1960s/70s...
This is an automatically generated notification, @Erny has registered to ElectriciansForums.co.uk
Welcome to the forum!
Be sure to have a click around and let us know what you think.
If you could let us know what brings you here that would be cool. :-)
Was looking on ebay and this poped up in the users who bought this went on to look at this type of etc
vintage coughtrie glasgow wall light long arm corner bracket | eBay
Are they really worth this? got one in the shed I took down from my own home its in excelent condition with unmarked glass...
Found this recently while rewiring an empty house.
Some interesting wording , especially the paragraph which refers to Meter Readers as "Company Servants"
What's this out of? Brass cup about 2" diameter, porcelain ring inside, half filled with strange flaky powder with shiny specks of mica in it. There's another two of them in the unit. Over a century old.
I'm not usually stuck for ideas about old plugs but this is a new one on me.
See pics...
It's just like a regular 2-pin 5A Grelco, except for that peg leg in the middle. The middle holes in the sockety ends don't contain any contacts. The L&N pins are normal 5A gauge and centres.
What would...
Thought it might be of interest to some
Terminating a Pyrotenax Mineral Insulated (MI) Cable - YouTube
Looks like early to mid 80s (or even 70s possibly, though the white jeans say 1980s dress sense...)...from the style of film and voiceover...
Understood most of it, but reckon its something...
vintage aerostyle air compressor on eBay (end time 17-Jul-11 22:01:07 BST)
vintage aerosyle compressor used i believe for painting aircraft in the early 40s in full working order and runs of mains motor is a 1/4hp 230/250 volts and 2.0 amps which is also capable of reverse rotation. the...
Best EV Chargers by Electrical2Go! The official electric vehicle charger supplier.
OFFICIAL SPONSORS
These Official Forum Sponsors May Provide Discounts to Regular Forum Members - If you would like to sponsor us then CLICK HERE and post a thread with who you are, and we'll send you some stats etc