Greetings To All,
Please accept my apologies in advance if this is off-topic. I have just
acquired an aircraft clock, which I've tentatively identified as coming from
a Boeing 747. It's way cool looking and would make a perfect dust collector
in my ham shack if I could only power it up.
Sounds like you need to know more about the instrument power in a 747,
perhaps starting with Boeing. You could be needing DC or AC in one or
three phases, more likely at 400 Hz. OTOH, the VCR players for movies
looked like stock items.
The AC generators in aircraft are not likely to have the
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: [time-nuts] 747 Chronometer
Greetings To All,
Please accept my apologies in advance if this is off-topic. I have just
acquired an aircraft clock, which I've tentatively identified as coming from
a Boeing 747. It's way cool looking and would make a perfect dust
Hi Chuck,
This is an electromechanical clock. Should just need 24V DC to operate and 5V
(ac or dc) for lighting. I'll try to dig out connections for you.
--- On Thu, 21/5/09, Charles Rushing crushin2...@austin.rr.com wrote:
From: Charles Rushing crushin2...@austin.rr.com
Subject: [time-nuts
Hi Charles:
It's probably a standard connector. You need to look at it closely with
a magnifying glass at all the surfaces for ID information. 99% of the
time there's printed or engraved or moulded information that is enough
to ID the panel receptacle. Then it's straight forward to find
.
Unfortunatly Hayden have been bought up and no longer list instruments. Keep
Googling!
Robert G8RPI
--- On Thu, 21/5/09, Charles Rushing crushin2...@austin.rr.com wrote:
From: Charles Rushing crushin2...@austin.rr.com
Subject: [time-nuts] 747 Chronometer
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Date: Thursday
