Real Electrickery

Wow! That was some beautiful panel work. No wonder you hated to see it go.

What exactly it was for

To control all the motors on a rotary kiln. Two of the motors were Schrage motors (shown in my avatar).

I can't find the picture of the front of the panel, that was beautiful. Polished black slate, copper and brass work.

A while back I visted one of the big stately homes, round the back they had the generator house and all it's original switchgear preserved .
I couldn't resist working some of the BIG switches.
You'd have loved it.
Del

One of those mercury arc rectifier is on display, "and working", at the Birmingham Science and Technology Museum.

Xanasax

If you have any more old photographs please share them. They are interesting even if we don't understand all the details.

Yeah theyr'e great, that last one looks like it could be converted to a sort of one armed bandit... you pull the lever, and if you are lucky you don't get the electric shock.
Del (baaaad kitty)

The panel in my first photo was by Brookhirst, I had the semi-circle makers plate screwed to my workshop door.

Good on you for saving a bit of electrical hishory.

I found these photo's last night, Ellison DMO OCB's

They are preserved at Liverpools Bascule bridge, but no public access to them

Ok Tony, I misspillt Brookhirst uncorrectly but yoo spelt electriceghkery not rite eather ?!

I like that meter's big cheeky grin, I bet he's a wow at parties....
I find it hard to believe someone hadn't painted two eyes with a quick dab of snopake
Del.
_{(other correction fluids are also available...)}

Steduis at an Enlgish unisevsity have reevlaed that while redaing qicukly the human brain takes in only the first and last letters of a word over five letters in legnth.

So it deosn't mtater what order you put the letetrs in, so long as the first and last are corerct.

Try it for yorsuelf.

I know I'm giong to rerget this

Take me drunk, I'm home?

All Brookhirst panel top meters were like that.

The starter in you pics reminded me of this beast. This was for a 200HP 440V DC fan.

The b**tard thing bit me when I was testing it during a fault, I'd got the panel door open when the line contactors opened @+2000A

Hello Tony

Re Brookhirst

I found a few of these whilst having a walk around a local scrapyard then found the thread here. Could you possibly provide me with any further info please ?

Regards

Ciaran

Your signoff:-

the days of good english has went.

Reminds me of the old joke about engineers:-

"Six months ago I could not spell 'Engineer', now I are one!"

Maybe I will use that as my Signoff......

Regards.

English is my second language.

<< the days of good english has went. >> gone.

Sorry not to hurt but to learn if it is correct.

I took it as a good joke. Nothzing more, nothing less and I thank you most kindly for your excellent sense of humour.....

Thanks & regards

this is real nice photograph...

i m also working in a factory and had seen lot of old things replaced by new ones..my heart always broke whenever maintenance people did that n complete the whole scenerio with an auction which always fetch few amount..

i read a very challenging tag line today i would like to share - ENGINEERS SHOULD NOT LOOK FOR JOBS BUT SHOULD CRATE JOBS FOR OTHERS.

You might like some of these on Flikr.

Hi, sorry for my Spelling, i am from Denmark �� i have found an old switch gear from brookhirst at a scrapyard. I have converted it in to a bar cabinet. Where can i find a top panel amperemeter, it would really male it top dollar.

That looks fantastic. The only thing I have that is even close is my V8 coffee table.