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Sears and Roebuck Voltmeter
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Big-Foot
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That is a very old piece of low voltage test equipment you have there.. In very good condition from all appearances!
who needs insulation anyway lol. love the old stuff, they didn't make things idiot proof then for a reason..... so we wouldn't end up with a society of idiots lol. oh well.
good lookin meter though, this kind of stuff makes me want to get a good collection of vintage tools!
good lookin meter though, this kind of stuff makes me want to get a good collection of vintage tools!
hefty lefty
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who needs insulation anyway lol. love the old stuff, they didn't make things idiot proof then for a reason..... so we wouldn't end up with a society of idiots lol. oh well.
good lookin meter though, this kind of stuff makes me want to get a good collection of vintage tools!
Those were mostly made for radio use. In the 1920s even though houses had electricity batteries were used to run tube radios. The filaments were powered by a 6 volt lead acid car style battery and the B+ came from a dry cell pack. You charged the filament battery in the car or from a house charger and replaced the dry cell battery when it went dead.
They invented radio tubes that could work from AC around 1927 and like Model T's the battery radios were of no value overnight. There were big bonfires of both to dry up the market and get people to buy new and modern.