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What is this thing?
We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought.
Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ |
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"Mike Dobony" wrote in message .. . We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ guts of a doorbell? |
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Mike Dobony wrote:
We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ Does the doorbell work now? a |
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On Feb 15, 2:31*pm, Mike Dobony wrote:
We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought.. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ Looks like a doorbell to me. lol |
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charlie wrote:
"Mike Dobony" wrote in message .. . We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ guts of a doorbell? That has all the markings of an old phone company device, but I don't know what it does. Could be an external ringer, or buzzer. It just looks phone company. Is there a cover with a screw in the middle? -- Robert Allison Rimshot, Inc. Georgetown, TX |
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Robert Allison wrote:
charlie wrote: "Mike Dobony" wrote in message .. . We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ guts of a doorbell? That has all the markings of an old phone company device, but I don't know what it does. Could be an external ringer, or buzzer. It just looks phone company. Is there a cover with a screw in the middle? I'm with Robert. It just oozes Western Electric vibes. |
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:31:06 GMT, Mike Dobony
wrote: We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ It's a solid-state phase rectification modulator. Back in the old days, they put one in every house. It regulated the electrical current so that the space-time continuum would stay constant. Then they found out it was supposed to be warped, so they quit using them. -T.E. Stosterone |
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Mike Dobony wrote:
We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ They look like capacitors. If the house dates back to the 50's or older they may have been part of an external telephone bell. They may have been installed as a radio canceling device to filter out radio broadcasts on telephone line. It could also be a crackpot customer device. These were various pieces of telephone equipment installed to do absolutely nothing but satisfy a chronic complainer. It would be a special/secret device that nobody was supposed to have. Believe it or not those devices actually worked. LdB |
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Mike Dobony wrote:
We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ I'd cast my vote for it being a phone line surge arrestor. Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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Mike Dobony wrote:
We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ What has stopped working since it was removed? |
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Thomas Edward Stosterone wrote:
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:31:06 GMT, Mike Dobony wrote: We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ It's a solid-state phase rectification modulator. Back in the old days, they put one in every house. It regulated the electrical current so that the space-time continuum would stay constant. Then they found out it was supposed to be warped, so they quit using them. After being discarded from this former use, an avid green recycling nut found an alternative use for domestic door bells! |
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It's a solid-state phase rectification modulator. Back in the old
days, they put one in every house. It regulated the electrical current so that the space-time continuum would stay constant. Then they found out it was supposed to be warped, so they quit using them. After being discarded from this former use, an avid green recycling nut found an alternative use for domestic door bells! And they were everafter known as the "Bose-Einstein Ding-Dongs". -T.E.S. |
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Zz Yzx wrote:
It's a solid-state phase rectification modulator. Back in the old days, they put one in every house. It regulated the electrical current so that the space-time continuum would stay constant. Then they found out it was supposed to be warped, so they quit using them. After being discarded from this former use, an avid green recycling nut found an alternative use for domestic door bells! And they were everafter known as the "Bose-Einstein Ding-Dongs". I wish I could find the Trademark character at this time of the night/ early morning here. Didn't Dolby revise the tone? |
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I wish I could find the Trademark character at this time of the night/ early
morning here. Didn't Dolby revise the tone? Dolby made it sound good. Doplar had a huge effect too. -T.E.S, |
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Zz Yzx wrote:
I wish I could find the Trademark character at this time of the night/ early morning here. Didn't Dolby revise the tone? Dolby made it sound good. Doplar had a huge effect too. ECHo, echo..... I'm getting a bit strung up by this; I guess there's a theory there somewhere or have I been watching too many butterflies in a Brazilian rain forest! |
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I'm getting a bit strung up by this; I guess there's a theory there
somewhere or have I been watching too many butterflies in a Brazilian rain forest! Bradbury had insight as well. |
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Clot wrote:
Zz Yzx wrote: I wish I could find the Trademark character at this time of the night/ early morning here. Didn't Dolby revise the tone? Dolby made it sound good. Doplar had a huge effect too. ECHo, echo..... I'm getting a bit strung up by this; I guess there's a theory there somewhere or have I been watching too many butterflies in a Brazilian rain forest! I'm wrong! T'was the Flying Spaghetti Monster what did it. It provided all us H. Saps. with ears to flap when we fell off tall parapits. A curious side effect that in earlier years they served a different purpose and were larger than today and were a saving grace. Without them, we would be extinct! Another side effect that was not anticipated those many years ago was that these flapping machines could hear in stereo. Without that development Bose and Dolby could not have made money! |
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Bob (but not THAT Bob) wrote:
Mike Dobony wrote: We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ What has stopped working since it was removed? surge protection for old style (open wire} phone lines. outdated, they use different type now. -- |
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Stormin Mormon wrote:
Doppler was just a passing thing. Whooosh ..... I missed that, tha th.... "Clot" wrote in message ... Zz Yzx wrote: I wish I could find the Trademark character at this time of the night/ early morning here. Didn't Dolby revise the tone? Dolby made it sound good. Doplar had a huge effect too. ECHo, echo..... I'm getting a bit strung up by this; I guess there's a theory there somewhere or have I been watching too many butterflies in a Brazilian rain forest! |
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:47:59 GMT, Bob (but not THAT Bob) wrote:
Mike Dobony wrote: We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ What has stopped working since it was Only 3 lights worked when they bought the house. The house is a repo and the wires were cut and stripped. Who know what doesn't work. There were no wires attached to whatever this is. |
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:19:03 -0600, L D'Bonnie wrote:
Mike Dobony wrote: We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ They look like capacitors. Yup, I found that each is a .25 UF capacitor. If the house dates back to the 50's or older they may have been part of an external telephone bell. They may have been installed as a radio canceling device to filter out radio broadcasts on telephone line. That was kind of what I thought. It could also be a crackpot customer device. These were various pieces of telephone equipment installed to do absolutely nothing but satisfy a chronic complainer. It would be a special/secret device that nobody was supposed to have. Believe it or not those devices actually worked. LdB |
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""Blattus Slafaly £ ¥ 0/00 "" wrote in message ... Mike Dobony wrote: We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ It's a phase modulator for a warp drive conduit on a starship, I think. -- Blattus Slafaly ? 3 7/8 Flux Capacitor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:26:57 -0800, Thomas Edward Stosterone
wrote: On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:31:06 GMT, Mike Dobony wrote: We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ It's a solid-state phase rectification modulator. Back in the old days, they put one in every house. It regulated the electrical current so that the space-time continuum would stay constant. Then they found out it was supposed to be warped, so they quit using them. -T.E. Stosterone ROTFLOLWTIME Well done. |
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:57:35 -0600, Mike Dobony
wrote: On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:19:03 -0600, L D'Bonnie wrote: Mike Dobony wrote: We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ They look like capacitors. Yup, I found that each is a .25 UF capacitor. They should have a voltage rating. That would be clueful as to where they'd be used. Also, do the terminals have any polarity (+,-) labels? G |
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On Feb 15, 2:31*pm, Mike Dobony wrote:
We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought.. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ If it's from the 50s, then it might be a low temperature PCB- containment device. |
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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:40:51 GMT, George wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:57:35 -0600, Mike Dobony wrote: On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:19:03 -0600, L D'Bonnie wrote: Mike Dobony wrote: We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ They look like capacitors. Yup, I found that each is a .25 UF capacitor. They should have a voltage rating. That would be clueful as to where they'd be used. Also, do the terminals have any polarity (+,-) labels? G nope, no voltage and no polarity |
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Mike Dobony wrote:
On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:40:51 GMT, George wrote: On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:57:35 -0600, Mike Dobony wrote: On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:19:03 -0600, L D'Bonnie wrote: Mike Dobony wrote: We found this thing in the basement of my daughter's home they just bought. Can anybody identify what it is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/23816537@N04/2267656766/ They look like capacitors. Yup, I found that each is a .25 UF capacitor. They should have a voltage rating. That would be clueful as to where they'd be used. Also, do the terminals have any polarity (+,-) labels? G nope, no voltage and no polarity ..25 uf would be paper cap with no polarity. Easily 400V or 600V rating. Defo looks like WeCo equipment, though I can't pull up a catalog #. Strong RF from nearby radio towers was a big problem; the suggestion this was a filter to block the RF sounds reasonable. Jim |
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