What's this then..?

[NDG Elecs]

Hi,

Just wandering what this thing is. It's got a fuse as you can see and then two other ' things' !

Never seen one before that I recall and didn't have time to investigate it.

Ta.

 

[Simlec]

Tut.. Is it not a gold box screwed to the wall?

 

[NDG Elecs]

Tut.. Is it not a gold box screwed to the wall?

Thank you Sim, you are a gent!!

 

[Simlec]

Sorry dude.. I'm not sure what it is but going by the pics of the job I think skip.

 

[Deleted member 72666]

Looks like some old power supply (probably 12v, but who knows?)

 

[telectrix]

pic with the lid off would be more helpful. i ain't got my x-ray specs on.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Gold hammerite.

 

[telectrix]

sprayed, not brushed.

 

[tazz]

I would say a home made power supply...take the cover off, and put us out of our misery.

 

[telectrix]

1959 car battery charger?

 

[dazza1981]

An old Atari games console ??

 

[topquark]

Looks like a connection point for an alarm sounder/presence announcer.

 

[nickblake]

Think you may well find its an old electronic damp course power supply without the cabling

 

[uksparks]

Where did the flex go?

 

[NDG Elecs]

Looks like some old power supply (probably 12v, but who knows?)

That probably makes sense; the lower bits look like old cables could maybe be push fit...

 

[NDG Elecs]

I am back there Monday so will try n remember to have a gander. Thought it may have been a standard unit of some sort from years gone by. Never heard of elec DPC, but property is an old stone built house which prob has had damp issues in the past. Not sure where the flex goes as of yet.

1959 Tel....could you be a little more specific please!

 

[GMES]

the green one looks like a thermocouple outlet!!

 

[ipf]

the green one looks like a thermocouple outlet!!

Nah....green led......

 

[Geordie Spark]

I am back there Monday so will try n remember to have a gander. Thought it may have been a standard unit of some sort from years gone by. Never heard of elec DPC, but property is an old stone built house which prob has had damp issues in the past. Not sure where the flex goes as of yet.

1959 Tel....could you be a little more specific please!

All about 1959 here >>>> 1959.com - Cars

 

[NDG Elecs]

Just a quick update for those remotely interested....granted it's not that interesting!

Here is a photo of the internals. No markings indicating anything inside. I have not a clue what it was or is!

Thanks for replies everyone

 

[tazz]

yes it a power supply 500mA to 1 Amp max

 

[Pete999]

Got it A wigwam for grinding smoke :90:

 

[nickblake]

Defiantly and its for an electronic damp course

 

[Guest111]

looks like a damp course device to me,interestingly they were very much in vogue years ago,when the only other solution was to hack bricks out and put either slate or a plastic strip in,then with the onset of chemical injection they fell out of favour.now they seem to be making a comeback.

 

[DPG]

Full-wave rectified DC PSU stabilised with zener and a bypass transistor by the looks of it. My money's on a BFY51. Daz

 

[Engineer54]

looks like a damp course device to me,interestingly they were very much in vogue years ago,when the only other solution was to hack bricks out and put either slate or a plastic strip in,then with the onset of chemical injection they fell out of favour.now they seem to be making a comeback.

Those electro osmotic damp proofing systems have never worked, not now or back then, when they first appeared, which i think was in or around the late 60's or early 70's. The theory on which the systems are based, is floored and if anything will attract/hold damp rather than disperse it...

 

[tazz]

I would say, having cable terminals...it was used for descaling water...A length of cable would be coiled around the pipe, with the idea of emf would prevent scaling in hard water areas

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Full-wave rectified DC PSU stabilised with zener and a bypass transistor by the looks of it. My money's on a BFY51. Daz

Would that be a MOSFET LOL

 

[DPG]

Nope. Plain old fashioned bipolar like me. Daz