Posted 7 years ago
mssue64
(281 items)
Another storage find some type of small tester look like it was handmade maybe a small train tester,I have no idea what it is,hope someone can id this item
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Looks like a home made converter 120 V AC to 12 or 14 V DC. There was probably a switch for 12 or 14 v where the little hole on the front. The big silver thingy is a capacitor. The green cord is connected to the AC/DC rectifier. The large square thing is the transformer.
If you turn it on, there is a danger that you could electrocute yourself if you switch it off and fiddle with it. Capacitors hold a charge for a long time, I opened the back of an old BBC Micro Computer which had been shut off for a month and I had an electric shock. Same for TV's, Radios with valves and similar.
That thing would probably kick start a dead dinosaur ! Maybe for fishing.
wow never seen such a huge capacitor before. Was shocked by a small round capacitor with live wires stickin out. boy did i flew
Thanks OlofZ!!!!
GeodeJem I have no intention of turning it on lololo
blunderbuss2 it probably would lololo
fleafinder I'm not even going to touch any wires lolol
No skeleton next to it when found ?
nope lollol lots of old stuff inside storage