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Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29840 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Thank you. I sort of left it vague. I did not say engine oil only oil. But thank you. Here something you will never find in a car. Unless you happen to be transporting it that is. Very useful tool that I am sure is near and dear to all of us. |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
Looks like some sort of variable power supply. A portable transformer, or a power supply tester? |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
Here something you will never find in a car. Unless you happen to be transporting it that is. Very useful tool that I am sure is near and dear to all of us. To clarify: used when transporting or towing a car? Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29840 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Looks like some sort of variable power supply. A portable transformer, or a power supply tester? No |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29840 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
AED? Automated External Defibrillators? if that is what you are suggesting no. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29840 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Here something you will never find in a car. Unless you happen to be transporting it that is. Very useful tool that I am sure is near and dear to all of us. Ek! No it has nothing to do with cars. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
The innards of a radio? The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29840 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Aircraft bomb-aiming mechanical computer? That is exactly it! I was looking for Mechanical computer. You found the exact image and source I used. Very impressive. Would love to know the search words you used to find it. Well Post away. PM sent |
Daarkath Send message Joined: 7 Sep 14 Posts: 1 Credit: 2,727 RAC: 0 |
Exotic soldering iron? Daarkath Falcon |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
It is part of the start up wiring of a really big electrical load, probably a large electric motor. |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
Well, some sort of current limiter or protector. If it is not starting a load, is it protecting from peak loads on a line? |
Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
I'm rather shocked you would make that statement. Currently, this should be discussed in the pun thread. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I have a guess, but I'll give Bill a few more hours to try again. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Does it come out of an airplane? |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29840 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Does it have anything to do with Radar? |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
streetlight starter (presumably for a mercury or sodium vapor light) David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Power supply for theater marquee chaser lights. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Or for a neon sign. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
If I was lost would this item help find me? |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
teletype? David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
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