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Meat Plow
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Ron
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Meat Plow wrote:
Ron
Looks like brushgear and sliprings on some kind of generatorhttp://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj220/meatplow1/Electronics/d637bd2309d6b100_large.jpg
What is it?
Ron
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WangoTango
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In article <xMadnWqhVr5uqRHXnZ2dnUVZ8i1i4p2d@bt.com>,
ron@lunevalleyaudio.com says...
of some kind.
Big ass 3 phase motor maybe.......
ron@lunevalleyaudio.com says...
Well, doesn't have to be a generator, but definitely a slip ring/brushesMeat Plow wrote:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj220/meatplow1/Electronics/d637bd2309d6b100_large.jpg
What is it?
Looks like brushgear and sliprings on some kind of generator
of some kind.
Big ass 3 phase motor maybe.......
J
Jamie
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WangoTango wrote:
rotating object that may have devices on the rotating apparatus, that
requires power.
Could also be a energized or controlled rotor, to adjust for torque
and translated to speed in many applications. A lot of these motors
simply allow access to the rotor windings to allow a 3 pot stack to
adjust the current created with in the stator, via the rotor.
The idea in any case though, is to relay power to the rotating object
or to monitor sensors from the rotating object. etc..
Slip Rings (collector Rigs) are used to simply pass power to aIn article <xMadnWqhVr5uqRHXnZ2dnUVZ8i1i4p2d@bt.com>,
ron@lunevalleyaudio.com says...
Meat Plow wrote:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj220/meatplow1/Electronics/d637bd2309d6b100_large.jpg
What is it?
Looks like brushgear and sliprings on some kind of generator
Well, doesn't have to be a generator, but definitely a slip ring/brushes
of some kind.
Big ass 3 phase motor maybe.......
Could be just about anything.
rotating object that may have devices on the rotating apparatus, that
requires power.
Could also be a energized or controlled rotor, to adjust for torque
and translated to speed in many applications. A lot of these motors
simply allow access to the rotor windings to allow a 3 pot stack to
adjust the current created with in the stator, via the rotor.
The idea in any case though, is to relay power to the rotating object
or to monitor sensors from the rotating object. etc..
D
David Nebenzahl
Guest
On 8/19/2009 10:06 AM Meat Plow spake thus:
My guess: a big honkin' 3-phase motor. (Or could be a generator,
possibly from a motor-generator set.)
Looks like a /Life/ cover photo to accompany an article on "The Electric
Age" or some such. Guessing pre-WWII here.
Nobody's commented on how nice and clean and polished everything looks,
like a piece of well-maintained precision equipment. Compare to the
dirty, pitted, scratched commutator of any power tool you may have lying
around the house (or your vacuum cleaner).
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Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism
A commutator and brushes as others have said. Obviously.http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj220/meatplow1/Electronics/d637bd2309d6b100_large.jpg
What is it?
My guess: a big honkin' 3-phase motor. (Or could be a generator,
possibly from a motor-generator set.)
Looks like a /Life/ cover photo to accompany an article on "The Electric
Age" or some such. Guessing pre-WWII here.
Nobody's commented on how nice and clean and polished everything looks,
like a piece of well-maintained precision equipment. Compare to the
dirty, pitted, scratched commutator of any power tool you may have lying
around the house (or your vacuum cleaner).
--
Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism
M
Meat Plow
Guest
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:57:18 -0700, David Nebenzahl
<nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
think the equipment is circa 1941.
I don't know its exact function but I do know what it is directly
associated with.
<nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
Yes the cleanliness should be an obvious clue to the observant. And IOn 8/19/2009 10:06 AM Meat Plow spake thus:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj220/meatplow1/Electronics/d637bd2309d6b100_large.jpg
What is it?
A commutator and brushes as others have said. Obviously.
My guess: a big honkin' 3-phase motor. (Or could be a generator,
possibly from a motor-generator set.)
Looks like a /Life/ cover photo to accompany an article on "The Electric
Age" or some such. Guessing pre-WWII here.
Nobody's commented on how nice and clean and polished everything looks,
like a piece of well-maintained precision equipment. Compare to the
dirty, pitted, scratched commutator of any power tool you may have lying
around the house (or your vacuum cleaner).
think the equipment is circa 1941.
I don't know its exact function but I do know what it is directly
associated with.
D
David Nebenzahl
Guest
On 8/19/2009 12:21 PM Meat Plow spake thus:
--
Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism
Lemme guess: the Manhattan Project?On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:57:18 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
Nobody's commented on how nice and clean and polished everything looks,
like a piece of well-maintained precision equipment. Compare to the
dirty, pitted, scratched commutator of any power tool you may have lying
around the house (or your vacuum cleaner).
Yes the cleanliness should be an obvious clue to the observant. And I
think the equipment is circa 1941.
I don't know its exact function but I do know what it is directly
associated with.
--
Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism
M
Meat Plow
Guest
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:58:47 -0700, David Nebenzahl
<nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
<nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
Lol it could have been located near Manhattan.On 8/19/2009 12:21 PM Meat Plow spake thus:
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:57:18 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
Nobody's commented on how nice and clean and polished everything looks,
like a piece of well-maintained precision equipment. Compare to the
dirty, pitted, scratched commutator of any power tool you may have lying
around the house (or your vacuum cleaner).
Yes the cleanliness should be an obvious clue to the observant. And I
think the equipment is circa 1941.
I don't know its exact function but I do know what it is directly
associated with.
Lemme guess: the Manhattan Project?
P
PeterD
Guest
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:06:43 -0400, Meat Plow <meat@petitmorte.net>
wrote:
rotor instead of the stator. I have a similar picture somewhere in a
book showing this type of unit in a power generation system (the
book's illustration said for a 'small town' but back in those days a
small town didn't use much power!)
wrote:
I'm fairly sure it is a three phase alternator that got power from thehttp://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj220/meatplow1/Electronics/d637bd2309d6b100_large.jpg
What is it?
rotor instead of the stator. I have a similar picture somewhere in a
book showing this type of unit in a power generation system (the
book's illustration said for a 'small town' but back in those days a
small town didn't use much power!)
G
Geo
Guest
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:21:38 -0400, Meat Plow <meat@petitmorte.net> wrote:
http://www.gm4xus.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/motor.jpg
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Geo
Similar from a book of that approx eraYes the cleanliness should be an obvious clue to the observant. And I
think the equipment is circa 1941.
I don't know its exact function but I do know what it is directly
associated with.
http://www.gm4xus.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/motor.jpg
--
Geo
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David Nebenzahl
Guest
On 8/19/2009 2:16 PM Meat Plow spake thus:
--
Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism
So, Meat, I give up: what's it from?On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:58:47 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
On 8/19/2009 12:21 PM Meat Plow spake thus:
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:57:18 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
Nobody's commented on how nice and clean and polished everything looks,
like a piece of well-maintained precision equipment. Compare to the
dirty, pitted, scratched commutator of any power tool you may have lying
around the house (or your vacuum cleaner).
Yes the cleanliness should be an obvious clue to the observant. And I
think the equipment is circa 1941.
I don't know its exact function but I do know what it is directly
associated with.
Lemme guess: the Manhattan Project?
Lol it could have been located near Manhattan.
--
Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism
M
Meat Plow
Guest
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:53:56 -0700, David Nebenzahl
<nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
service."
The picture was among others from the early 1940's showing a large
operator manned central office with international coverage. Wish I
had bookmarked it.
<nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
Old telephone exchange switchgear possibly automated or "dialOn 8/19/2009 2:16 PM Meat Plow spake thus:
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:58:47 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
On 8/19/2009 12:21 PM Meat Plow spake thus:
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:57:18 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
Nobody's commented on how nice and clean and polished everything looks,
like a piece of well-maintained precision equipment. Compare to the
dirty, pitted, scratched commutator of any power tool you may have lying
around the house (or your vacuum cleaner).
Yes the cleanliness should be an obvious clue to the observant. And I
think the equipment is circa 1941.
I don't know its exact function but I do know what it is directly
associated with.
Lemme guess: the Manhattan Project?
Lol it could have been located near Manhattan.
So, Meat, I give up: what's it from?
service."
The picture was among others from the early 1940's showing a large
operator manned central office with international coverage. Wish I
had bookmarked it.
D
David Nebenzahl
Guest
On 8/22/2009 6:16 AM Meat Plow spake thus:
Yeah, I love pics like that too.
--
Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism
Motor? Generator?On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:53:56 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
So, Meat, I give up: what's it from?
Old telephone exchange switchgear possibly automated or "dial
service."
The picture was among others from the early 1940's showing a large
operator manned central office with international coverage. Wish I
had bookmarked it.
Yeah, I love pics like that too.
--
Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism
M
Meat Plow
Guest
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:55:40 -0700, David Nebenzahl
<nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
old TV tuner?
wikipedia.
<nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
More likely slip rings for a rotary switch bank. Possibly akin to anOn 8/22/2009 6:16 AM Meat Plow spake thus:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:53:56 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
So, Meat, I give up: what's it from?
Old telephone exchange switchgear possibly automated or "dial
service."
The picture was among others from the early 1940's showing a large
operator manned central office with international coverage. Wish I
had bookmarked it.
Motor? Generator?
old TV tuner?
I think I ran across it while reading some info on Western Electric atYeah, I love pics like that too.
wikipedia.
M
Michael A. Terrell
Guest
Meat Plow wrote:
A ring generator? They used a motor generator to convert 60 Hz in 20
Hz, or other ring frequencies until the first solid state units in the
'70s. I saw one, but it was in the early '60s at the long gone
mechanical exchange in Middletown.
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You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:55:40 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
On 8/22/2009 6:16 AM Meat Plow spake thus:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:53:56 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
So, Meat, I give up: what's it from?
Old telephone exchange switchgear possibly automated or "dial
service."
The picture was among others from the early 1940's showing a large
operator manned central office with international coverage. Wish I
had bookmarked it.
Motor? Generator?
More likely slip rings for a rotary switch bank. Possibly akin to an
old TV tuner?
Yeah, I love pics like that too.
I think I ran across it while reading some info on Western Electric at
wikipedia.
A ring generator? They used a motor generator to convert 60 Hz in 20
Hz, or other ring frequencies until the first solid state units in the
'70s. I saw one, but it was in the early '60s at the long gone
mechanical exchange in Middletown.
--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!
M
Meat Plow
Guest
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:52:40 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@earthlink.net>wrote:
of Life magazine articles this picture came from. I've been using
Google Chrome for a browser and have it set to not store a history.
However it does preserve some kind of history as it does track
followed link colors.
<mike.terrell@earthlink.net>wrote:
That's another possibility. I'm going to try to hunt down the seriesMeat Plow wrote:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:55:40 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
On 8/22/2009 6:16 AM Meat Plow spake thus:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:53:56 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
So, Meat, I give up: what's it from?
Old telephone exchange switchgear possibly automated or "dial
service."
The picture was among others from the early 1940's showing a large
operator manned central office with international coverage. Wish I
had bookmarked it.
Motor? Generator?
More likely slip rings for a rotary switch bank. Possibly akin to an
old TV tuner?
Yeah, I love pics like that too.
I think I ran across it while reading some info on Western Electric at
wikipedia.
A ring generator? They used a motor generator to convert 60 Hz in 20
Hz, or other ring frequencies until the first solid state units in the
'70s. I saw one, but it was in the early '60s at the long gone
mechanical exchange in Middletown.
of Life magazine articles this picture came from. I've been using
Google Chrome for a browser and have it set to not store a history.
However it does preserve some kind of history as it does track
followed link colors.
M
Michael A. Terrell
Guest
Meat Plow wrote:
The ring generator I saw had multiple output windings to break the
load into separate ring groups to equalize the load. Each came out on
separate slip rings. Most of the equipment at that CO was late 20's
design, according to the tour guide.
--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:52:40 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
mike.terrell@earthlink.net>wrote:
Meat Plow wrote:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:55:40 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
On 8/22/2009 6:16 AM Meat Plow spake thus:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:53:56 -0700, David Nebenzahl
nobody@but.us.chickens>wrote:
So, Meat, I give up: what's it from?
Old telephone exchange switchgear possibly automated or "dial
service."
The picture was among others from the early 1940's showing a large
operator manned central office with international coverage. Wish I
had bookmarked it.
Motor? Generator?
More likely slip rings for a rotary switch bank. Possibly akin to an
old TV tuner?
Yeah, I love pics like that too.
I think I ran across it while reading some info on Western Electric at
wikipedia.
A ring generator? They used a motor generator to convert 60 Hz in 20
Hz, or other ring frequencies until the first solid state units in the
'70s. I saw one, but it was in the early '60s at the long gone
mechanical exchange in Middletown.
That's another possibility. I'm going to try to hunt down the series
of Life magazine articles this picture came from. I've been using
Google Chrome for a browser and have it set to not store a history.
However it does preserve some kind of history as it does track
followed link colors.
The ring generator I saw had multiple output windings to break the
load into separate ring groups to equalize the load. Each came out on
separate slip rings. Most of the equipment at that CO was late 20's
design, according to the tour guide.
--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!