11 Set stuff

[cletrac (RIP)]

The switchboard uses two condensers rated at 1mfd. I looked on ebay and the ones with that rating are a pretty good size. I wonder what would be best to use? Does the voltage rating really matter?
When I was a teenager I drove a 1953 Dodge with a small hemi engine. When I drove around a small town the residents would go hog wild because all the time my motor was running nobody could watch TV or listen to the radio. All they'd get was static from my generator. When they complained I just drove around that much longer.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by cletrac

The switchboard uses two condensers rated at 1mfd. I looked on ebay and the ones with that rating are a pretty good size. I wonder what would be best to use? Does the voltage rating really matter?
When I was a teenager I drove a 1953 Dodge with a small hemi engine. When I drove around a small town the residents would go hog wild because all the time my motor was running nobody could watch TV or listen to the radio. All they'd get was static from my generator. When they complained I just drove around that much longer.

I think the low voltage caps would be OK in your situtation . Condensers is the old word for capacitors - like 80 years ago . 1 mfd is not a huge size today but back then it was , most automotive ignition system caps are around .025 mfd . mike

[cletrac (RIP)]

Mike, in North America you still buy points and a condenser for your older automotive distributor.
Here you always flip a toggle switch up for on but on the switchboard, up is off. I guess Aussies are upside down and Brits are backwards LOL
I'm debating over which of these two types of paper capacitors to use. Both are common on ebay.
My amp gauge came today. Now to mount the switches then do the wiring.

[Ron Pier]

Standard procedure here in UK is a switch is OFF when it's UP. According to USPS tracking, my gauges should arrive today. Ron

[Mike K]

I am going to a hamfest next weekend, I will keep an eye out for those meters. There are heaps of old meters at hamfests .

What Is the OD of the mount hole ?

[Ron Pier]

Mike as far as I can make out from lots of scaling and talking to Dave. The glass part of the gauge is 2 1/4" with an overall diameter for the whole instrument including the screw fixing bezel of around 3 1/2" and 1 1/2" deep. I'll know more when mine arrive, but I'm guessing a clearance hole in the panel of 2 1/4". Ron

[cletrac (RIP)]

The gauges take a 2 3/4" hole.
I went for the upright Sangamo capacitors. They look like they'll fit in the available space better. When I was a teenager I'd take a condenser and charge it up on a spark plug wire then toss it to somebody I didn't like and holler CATCH!!!! They give quite a jolt.
I got some more golf bag stuff off ebay. Now I'm pretty well down to just needing more aerial sections.
Those rings are called British stays but how are they used?