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Old 27-02-15, 14:19
Chris Suslowicz Chris Suslowicz is offline
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Originally Posted by cletrac View Post
It's starting to look the part. I have about 7 hours into it so far. The ends on the wires that go to the set are offset almost half an inch so the terminals stick out about 1 1/4 ".
There's 4 bolt holes below the bottom gauge that must hold the condensers on the inside. Now to make the switch mounting plates.
Not wishing to rain on your parade, but the original unit most likely had a plastic (ebonite or Tufnol) panel with the lettering engraved on it. The terminals would be uninsulated and probably BA thread with all the (electrical) metalwork being nickel plated.

Chris.
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