A Bunch of Old Radio Stuff From A Repairman Who Passed Away Testing His Variac & Meter, Shack Tour
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- We're trying to keep some of the vintage electronics out of the landfill. Many times when something stops working, it can be repaired if someone will simply take the time to attempt to repair it. This channel documents our amateur attemps at repairing vintage electronics we think are cool.
We don't typically restore anything, we're just trying to get them working again. We've found that most of this stuff was well built and with a little help will start doing what it was intended to do.
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Careful, man. Thats one of the first flux capacitors ever made.
If you bought all that stuff, you have a lifetime of repair videos! Nice score!
It’s interesting that ya’ll have a lot of old stuff, but ya ain’t ever used an old meter like that. The zero function and all. This was a cool video, thanks for posting.
Nice micronta meter. Some came as a kit. Some variacs are labeled in per cent and are capable of over voltage. Autotransformer is a good example of PFM pure freking magic.
I was like WTF does PFM mean. Hahahaha
Micronta made some very useful equipment.
i have a digital multimeter i bought from Tandy, about 30 years ago. (i was 27)
shame that Tandy vanished from the u.k :-(.
That is cool! It appears to be an isolated variac as well. Which is important for those non transformer sets. I like to use the vintage equipment on the vintage gear just like the guys did back when these radios were high tech. That variac is old.
The info he showed from the 50's and 60's said it was an autotransformer. Therefore it is NOT isolated. Even if there were a possibility that it is isolated he needs to test that first before trusting it using it with old live chassis radios. Useful bit of well made kit. I have something similar used with an isolation transformer and a dim bulb switch. Stay safe.
Good researching the Variacs offered by the United Transformer Co. in the past. Love your commentary and observations Ronnie. With the non polarized socket now in place you may need to use an adapter if you test something like a newer
device with a polarized plug. Note it won't matter if you plug this Variac into an isolation transformer first of course. Good
idea about making an all in one powering device with the meters. RIP Bob ,you were one of us. Steve from IL
Bob's wife died about 10 years ago and he made it 10 years on his own, he was already a hobbyist when she died but it kind of looks like after she died he didn't do too much with the radio stuff anymore, it was all just sitting there.
I had the same meter and it's like New since i received it back around 1985. I have too much electronics and parts. Some one would have a field day when I die.
Some of that old gear was still the best. I have a TON of old power tools from my dad, grandfather, and my wife's grandfather. Going through them and restoring them. Just finished my dad's 1955 Skil Saw, now I have to do the metal storage box for it. After that there are a pair of porter cable circular saws to do. Will I ever use them? Doubtful, they weight a ton compared to my cordless Milwaukee, but these will be used as display items in my shop.
Same goes for the old Hi-Fi my grandfather had...if I can figure out what is wrong with it. LOL.
That is enameled wire in the transformer, it's just very thin and easy to damage really, alot of variacs are like that, weird layout though theay usually have a round transformer cause the contact spins in a circle but hey.
It wasn’t a Fluke that you had a multimeter. 😬
You're a good story teller. 😁👍
Thank you Daniel!