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Thanks to joelr4 over on Smokstak the animal has been found. Thanks to those of you that spent some time on looking for this puppy, Terry

After countless hrs. I still havnt figured this puppy out. A few things that I have been told was, a device to boost dc power down the line, convert dc to ac, used in the telephone industry and maybe used in elevators. I recently sent some pictures and information on the brass tag to the Spark...

Sorry, Had to figure out the picture thing. I took it back to the Electrical Eng. Dept. at the college and had a Professor look at it. His 2 cents was that CrockerWheeler must had made a few of these and most likely gave them out as teaching tools. Still no hard answers other than this. One...

Moved here from introductions. Anyone have a clue as to what this animal is?? What the application was?? Manufacture- Crocker Wheeler Size 1, Amps. 8, Volts 115, Rpms 1450 Pat. Date 1891. This puppy came out of the Electrical Eng. Dept. of a University of Austin. It had been sitting in a...

I'll take it to general discussion. Thx's.

Hello, Honestly I am on a fact finding mission. Hopefully I will find my answer here. Been around motorcycles for 40+ yrs. and worked on offshore drilling rigs for 30 yrs. The last 6 yrs. I spend my time messing around with old, odd out of the main stream gizmo's. I recently found a electric...