What is tis thing using a model T coil?

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 01:15 pm:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Antique-Model-T-Ford-Coil-Primitive-Wood-Box-Ele ctric-Motor-Brass-Car-/111177841827?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash= item19e2b73ca3&vxp=mtr


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Ida Fls on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 01:31 pm:

I don't know but I like it. It would look right at home in Dr. Frankenstein's Laboratory along with a HCCT.
Rich


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Thode Chehalis Washington on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 01:46 pm:

I can't really see anything that advances the gear but if it was advanced one tooth every second or so it could be an electric fence charger.

Here is a factory kit for an ingenious fence charger using a T coil, a LeJay charger:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBBHuJiSY6c

Jim


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 02:38 pm:

I don't know what it is either, but that looks like a gear from a telephone magneto.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Semprez-Templeton, CA on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 03:22 pm:

A rudimentary stepper motor.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 03:28 pm:

John are you going to make me look that up?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kohnke Rebabbitting on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 03:30 pm:

Your Right Steve, that is what it is. The mag. feeds the T coil.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Semprez-Templeton, CA on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 04:18 pm:

Nope Herm, each click of the coil magnet advances the gear one notch. A stepper motor.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ted Dumas on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 10:50 pm:

Maybe for $22, one could find out for sure.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By James A. Golden on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 11:03 pm:

It will only work or vibrate with an AC voltage applied, as the points are not functional.


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