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Interesting NE Strowger Device!

Started by DavePEI, October 22, 2015, 09:05:24 AM

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DavePEI

#15
Quote from: AE_Collector on January 07, 2016, 11:53:13 AM
Have you begun to work out your codes.....for Linda?

__201_____ = I need a sandwich delivered to the museum

__202_____ = A beer as well

__203_____ = I noticed that the Grass needs Cutting (after delivering lunch)

__204_____ = Seasonal code to change above to Driveway needs Snow Shovelled.
Hmmm., I will have to work on that!
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Mr. Bones

#16
Quote from: DavePEI on January 07, 2016, 12:14:07 PM
Quote from: AE_Collector on January 07, 2016, 11:53:13 AM
Have you begun to work out your codes.....for Linda?

__201_____ = I need a sandwich delivered to the museum

__202_____ = A beer as well

__203_____ = I noticed that the Grass needs Cutting (after delivering lunch)

__204_____ = Seasonal code to change above to Driveway needs Snow Shovelled.
Hmmm., I will have to work on that!

Oh, Dear!!! :o

I quite nearly snorted a goodly measure of Guinness out of me nostrils, and onto me keyboard and monitor reading this, now didn't I???

Stop it at once, Naughty Boys!!! ;D

Easily the Biggest Laugh of the Year, thus far! ;D

Thanks, and Best Regards!
Sláinte!
   Mr. Bones
      Rubricollis Ferus

Phonesrfun

Just for the sake of a display, until you get your chime, have you thought of using a doorbell chime?  They are usually pretty cheap, run off of 15vAC (you'd need a doorbell transformer and a relay), and the chime for the back door is usually a single chime that goes ding rather than ding-dong.
-Bill G

DavePEI

Quote from: Phonesrfun on January 07, 2016, 10:59:12 PM
Just for the sake of a display, until you get your chime, have you thought of using a doorbell chime?  They are usually pretty cheap, run off of 15vAC (you'd need a doorbell transformer and a relay), and the chime for the back door is usually a single chime that goes ding rather than ding-dong.
Yes, thought of that. But I do hope to find a vintage industrial chime eventually for it...
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Babybearjs

WOW, what a fun toy to have..... I want one!
John

DavePEI

A chime has been found for the NE Code Call Unit, which should be here soon. I have a nice little Delta switching PMC-23V100W1AA PS to provide power for it at 24VDC at 4.17 amps. The switch itself will also be powered by a 48 volt unit of similar size and form factor.
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DavePEI

#21
Today, I received a chime which should work quite nicely with this unit from poplar1. Thank you, David. It was made by Auth Electric of N.Y., and runs on 24 volts D.C.
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HarrySmith

Nice! I can't wait to see this all together and running!
Harry Smith
ATCA 4434
TCI

"There is no try,
there is only
do or do not"

DavePEI

I got a chance today to power up the chime on my 24 VDC supply - it works like a charm, err. chime. I won't get at hooking it up to the code call unit until I get into the Museum in the spring and it warms up, but it is nice to know all is ready!

Dave
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DavePEI

Gong Test. Just manually being connected with clip leads to power supply. This is a Windows WMA audio clip inside a zip file so I can upload it to the Forum - the forum doesn't support WMA files directly.
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trainman

That's is really cool. the only thing I have that come close to that level of uniqueness is my three IBM and Simplex master clocks and various slave clocks. 

DavePEI

Ok, finally I got the Code Call mounted and working in the Museum. The largest delay was clearing space for it,and that included moving the 1D2 into the new exterior booth, putting up a larger plywood backboard, then waiting for my son's visit to get the unit mounted on the wall.

It is now mounted, set up, and working. Dial any number from 1 to 99, and the gong will sound out that number. It has a bit of a flaky horizontal reset on the connector - as soon as I fix that, I will do a video of it in operation....

 
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DavePEI

For those of you who have been following the saga of the
Northern Electric Code Call unit rescued in the 70s by Glen
Cavers and recently restored in the Museum, here is a video
of it in action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koshK21Kh2s&feature=youtu.be

Dave
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AE_Collector

Thanks for the demo Dave! Very nice.

Is the chug chug chug chug noise in the background an interrupter for the chime output that operates as long as the system is being accessed?

Terry

HarrySmith

Harry Smith
ATCA 4434
TCI

"There is no try,
there is only
do or do not"