John *.?-!.* cub owner
501 Club
This was in some items Dad had collected that has been stored in my basement ever since we sold the farm. It consists of a field winding and a motor/generator armature with a set of brushes on each end.
This end has the remains of an old rotary switch. One of the wires goes to one brush holder and to the field wiring. The other wire goes through the switch then to the other brush and second lead going to the field.
This end shows the label plate and on the lower part of the frame toward each side is a binder post that on the inside connects to each of the brushes on the second end of the armature.
The rig had been painted, and the label plate required some rubbing with mineral spirits followed by buffing with a Dremel to read it all.
It reads:
Direct Current Transformer
110 Volts
To
8 volts (open cir)
No. 202
the Ives Corporation
Bridgeport, Conn
Considering that the first electric service by Edison was DC, not AC,and he wanted that to be the standard, though that fell through, I would say this is very old. Does anyone have an idea of it's actual intended use?
This end has the remains of an old rotary switch. One of the wires goes to one brush holder and to the field wiring. The other wire goes through the switch then to the other brush and second lead going to the field.
This end shows the label plate and on the lower part of the frame toward each side is a binder post that on the inside connects to each of the brushes on the second end of the armature.
The rig had been painted, and the label plate required some rubbing with mineral spirits followed by buffing with a Dremel to read it all.
It reads:
Direct Current Transformer
110 Volts
To
8 volts (open cir)
No. 202
the Ives Corporation
Bridgeport, Conn
Considering that the first electric service by Edison was DC, not AC,and he wanted that to be the standard, though that fell through, I would say this is very old. Does anyone have an idea of it's actual intended use?
