Re: [time-nuts] 747 Chronometer

2009-05-21 Thread Robert Atkinson
0Hz signal. Unfortunatly Hayden have been bought up and no longer list instruments. Keep Googling! Robert G8RPI --- On Thu, 21/5/09, Charles Rushing wrote: > From: Charles Rushing > Subject: [time-nuts] 747 Chronometer > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Date: Thursday, 21 May, 2009, 7:45

Re: [time-nuts] 747 Chronometer

2009-05-21 Thread Brooke Clarke
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 th

Re: [time-nuts] 747 Chronometer

2009-05-21 Thread Robert Atkinson
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 wrote: > From: Charles Rushing > Subject: [time-nuts] 747 Chronometer > To: time

Re: [time-nuts] 747 Chronometer

2009-05-21 Thread Francesco Ledda
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 pe

Re: [time-nuts] 747 Chronometer

2009-05-21 Thread Bill Hawkins
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 accur

[time-nuts] 747 Chronometer

2009-05-20 Thread Charles Rushing
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. T