11 Set stuff

[cletrac (RIP)]

The charging switchboard is to the left of the radio. It's mounted on the front of the body. This is the only picture I've seen where you can see the switchboard.

[Ron Pier]

Originally Posted by cletrac

The charging switchboard is to the left of the radio. It's mounted on the front of the body. This is the only picture I've seen where you can see the switchboard.

Dave did you mean 'Canadian'? I posted pictures from this instructional series when we were discussing the switchboard. I've also got this other poor quality excerpt from I don't know where. Ron

[Mike K]

If that is a charging switchboard No. 1 , it is the first and only pic I've seen with it installed in a C8/F8 .

The factory pics of the C8/F8 only show the operators light , nothing else .

Is there a Canadian built Charging switchboard No. 1 ?

It looks to me, those Kiwi's have pinched a British wireless set and accessories , maybe salvaged from a wrecked British 8cwt .

[cletrac (RIP)]

Mike, I think all the Canadian 8cwts would have had 11 sets. There weren't really any other options in late 39 and early 1940.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by cletrac

Mike, I think all the Canadian 8cwts would have had 11 sets. There weren't really any other options in late 39 and early 1940.

I have always wondered if the Canadian signal corps used the 11 sets widely . Apparently the Canadian built 11 set was only built in small numbers by Marconi . Where are the pics of Canadian 11 sets in use ? Was the Canadian 11 set manufactured in 1940 ? The C8 and F8 were certainly built with the 11 set in mind , you can see the FFW fitments are copied from the British original setup.

If any British 11 sets were imported to Canada there would be a few surviving somewhere ?

[cletrac (RIP)]

My Canadian remote unit A is serial # 44 and dated 1940.
My Canadian low output power supply is serial # 200 and dated 1941.
It's obvious the Brits must have used their 11 sets after assembling the trucks in the UK. By the time the Canadian sets were in full production the 11 cab 8cwts were out of production after a run of several thousand. Some of the early Canadian sets likely made it into these trucks though.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by cletrac

My Canadian remote unit A is serial # 44 and dated 1940.
My Canadian low output power supply is serial # 200 and dated 1941.
It's obvious the Brits must have used their 11 sets after assembling the trucks in the UK. By the time the Canadian sets were in full production the 11 cab 8cwts were out of production after a run of several thousand. Some of the early Canadian sets likely made it into these trucks though.

Yes that would be correct .

I think some of the C8/F8 were shipped directly to North Africa .