Mystery Transformers

paulrichards7 · Post by **paulrichards7** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:23 am

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo34 ... 010675.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo34 ... 010678.jpg
Could this one be used as a ribbon transformer?

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo34 ... 010682.jpg
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo34 ... 010685.jpg

Thanks
Paul

Nate Dort · Post by **Nate Dort** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:35 am

That one in the brown case looks like a doorbell power transformer. Is that brown cord connected to a wall plug?

The Scum · Post by **The Scum** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:03 am

The brown one (a colleague peeked over my shoulder and he likes the MOP bakelite) looks like a door buzzer, actually. The transformer looks like a linear motor of some sort. Does that bar across the top move up & down?

paulrichards7 · Post by **paulrichards7** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:03 pm

If I remember correctly, I think it does move
And no, there is no conection, just raw wires
I got it all as a lot with a Lustraphone dynamic mic, which is amazing
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo34 ... 010694.jpg
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo34 ... 010695.jpg
Paul

RodC · Post by **RodC** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:20 am

The Scum wrote:The brown one (a colleague peeked over my shoulder and he likes the MOP bakelite) looks like a door buzzer, actually. The transformer looks like a linear motor of some sort. Does that bar across the top move up & down?

It's an old aquarium pump.... Somewhere some fish is sufficating...

Got any side views of that first transformer?

The Scum · Post by **The Scum** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:36 am

old aquarium pump

No joke?

So there's not actually any copper in the brown "wire," it's just tubing?

paulrichards7 · Post by **paulrichards7** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:45 am

Theres copper in the brown wire
AND
as of the other transformer, its the shape of a 9v battery but about3 times bigger
It has an aluminum case
Paul

RodC · Post by **RodC** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:11 pm

The Scum wrote:
old aquarium pump
No joke?

So there's not actually any copper in the brown "wire," it's just tubing?

There would be copper in it to provide power to the red coil. The coil causes the metal to flap up and down pressing on the orange "bellow" forcing air out the small brown nipple on the right. (Can we say nipple on the TOMB

) There would be a couple of small paper thin valves under the orange rubber bellow that typicaly go south, (That or the rubber dry rots and cracks)

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