Atlas Battery Charger

[CrotalusAtrox]

Picked up a cool older battery charger , old wires were a bit crusty so did some rewiering. All internals wires replaced new plug and D.C. leeds.

 

[gungatim]

nice! I've got an old silver beauty (I think) brand charger in 6v. back when cars had 6v systems, believe it or not, I actually use it quite a bit on some of my older bikes that still have 6v battery ignition...

 

[7th Kahuna]

Nice job. Hadn't thought about rewiring one of those, but why not, I've rewired plenty of corded power tools. I don't currently have a use for a 6 volt charger but that one would be nice just sitting on the shelf.

 

[Alienbaby17]

She's a beauty!

 

[CrotalusAtrox]

Nice job. Hadn't thought about rewiring one of those, but why not, I've rewired plenty of corded power tools. I don't currently have a use for a 6 volt charger but that one would be nice just sitting on the shelf.

Whats cool about this one is its a 6V or 12V there is a shadow thats covering the 12V label. The transformer inside has two outputs from different taps on the winding's.

 

[covert]

Love the term Semi-fast...

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I found a pair of pliers to go with your battery charger!

(Yes, I realize I bumped a long dormant thread.)

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Atlas Supply Co. was formed in 1930 by the Standard Oil Companies (of New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio, and California) in the wake of the US Government Anti-Trust actions to give the companies a national private-label brand with a uniform warranty honored across the country. They offered a ginormous range of branded parts other than batteries, battery cables and - apparently, pliers, including tires, belts, hoses, lamps, wiper blades, full line of tune-up parts, filters, shocks, etc - i.e., everything you might expect from a service station intent on monopolizing more than just the ESSO fuel. Frankly, it was all very high quality.

They trademarked the name "ATLAS" (with the fancy cross-pieces in the A's) in 1932, claimed first use in 1931, and slapped it on all those parts.