13-03-2011, 11:22 PM
[attachment=252]Hello.
Two more testers one a Solar and the other a Hunts.
Regards Kev.
Two more testers one a Solar and the other a Hunts.
Regards Kev.
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14-03-2011, 12:11 AM
Hi Kev,
As we discussed before they appear to be exactly the same. I wonder if this is Hunts making for Solar or the other way around  ?Regards Rob[/align]
if all else fails...read the instructions!
16-04-2011, 11:09 PM
I suspect Hunts built them under license in the UK, using their own components. The design is surely American, using UX base valves and the power factor control calibrated at 60Hz.
Rob.
17-04-2011, 07:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 17-04-2011, 07:14 PM by kevin.Hoyland.)
Hello Rob.
Thanks for the in-put. Regards Kev.
18-04-2011, 03:46 PM
Hello David.
And thank you for your kind comment. David have you seen the AEROVOX Capacitor Tester i put on in the test gear. Regards Kev.
19-04-2011, 09:36 AM
(18-04-2011, 03:46 PM)kevin.Hoyland Wrote: Hello David. I hadn't Kev, but I have now, so thanks for pointing me towards it. What a lovely piece of kit, and in pristine condition too. I guess that collecting vintage test gear must be your 'thing' as you don't just come across such things by chance - you surely need to track them down. I've mentioned on the forum that I've always liked test gear, and have made many items over the years - usually housed in metal or plastic cases, but this last couple of years have taken to making little comb-jointed boxes, usually in oak, evocative of the test gear and crystal sets of old. I've often fancied one of those old electric shock machines that have a magneto and which you turn by hand. Beautifully made brass gears and so forth, housed in a wooden cabinet. I've occasionally come across them in a dilapidated condition at car boot sales, but with an asking price way beyond anything sensible. They'd make a nice restoration project at a sensible price. All sorts of extravagent claims were made about those machines as to curing real or imagined illnesses. I think the mere sight of one would be sufficient for me to feel much better without attaching myself to it, out of sheer fear! I have a home-brew capacitor reformer that featured in RadioBygones which I built a couple of years ago, which uses a voltage doubler to raise the voltage to a max of 500 Volts. I'm normally very safety conscious, but in an unguraded moment I inadvertently touch a connection and got the full 500V up me. Boy did I leap into action! It's a good job that as they say 'It's Volts and jolts, and mills that kills'. It certainly taught me a lesson I'll not forget in a hurry. Enjoy your collecting Kev, and thnaks for sharing it with us. David
19-04-2011, 10:34 AM
Hello David.
Yes you are right I'm into test Gear and collecting is my thing. I have two testers coming from the US one is a Century Condencer tester CT-1 and the other a first for me is a Century Selenium Rectifier tester SRT-1. Lots of members do not like Selenium Rectifers but i do i have Lots of radios with them in and over 50 years old. And if one gos down i replace it with a NOS Selenium Rectifier. I will post photos of the 2 testers when i have them. The Aerovox 75 Capacitor tester came from the US. Regards Kev. |
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