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Yep! George, I had boxes of plunge mercury switches and ignatrons that
no one wanted because of the pools of mercury inside. I parted out and
saved several hundred pounds of mercury which I gave to Bert and Phil so
they could build their anti-gravity vehicle. Lol
On 11/25/2018 9:05 PM, george gray [email protected] [EVGRAY] wrote:
> Norm,
>
> Yes mate, I did a lot of stripping out of stuff in industrial setups
> and I kept all the mercury. I have a good sized bottle of it but have
> not used it yet after 53 years of it sitting in a safe place in my
> workshop. But I always said to myself that I would find a use for that
> in the future. Just being a hoarder I guess.
>
> George
>
>
> On Monday, 26 November 2018, 3:47:29 am AEDT, Norman Wootan
> [email protected] [EVGRAY] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> In case you were wondering where this is going, It is very simple.
> In July 1946, I was just in Grammar School and remember sitting in my
> Dads car and listening to the Operations Crossroads atom bomb being
> dropped from a B-29 onto Bikini Atoll . see
>
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_testing_at_Bikini_Atoll
>
> The radio was a Blaupunkt <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaupunkt>
> AS 5 medium wave <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_wave> and
> longwave <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwave> radio which allow
> us to listen to a live broadcast of test via short wave from the
> Pacific. Sparked my interest in how these radios worked, thus I tore
> into one to find the vibrator tube which made the HVDC plate voltage
> needed in the vacuum tube receiver. This was the spark that had me
> enroll into DeVry Electronics (1953) and join the Ham Club in High School.
>
> https://youtu.be/cwYH98WseG4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp6PkRTmb8U&feature=youtu.be Now I know how buzzers worked along with the Model T ignition coil. I had though about using this antiquated technology to make a bullet proof switch to enable a sustained pulse train to drive the ferroresonance phenomenon. You know how a tinkerers mind works. Hay, look, they are still available.https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/vibrator-6-volt-4-pin-negative-ground
>
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignitron Someone asked me about
> switching the 5 HP Neutral Spike experiment with mercury wetted
> switches. I had plenty of them for we were wrecking down a lot of
> industrial equipment.
>
> Just some thought food. Lol Norm
>
> On 11/25/2018 6:44 AM, Norman Wootan [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]> [EVGRAY] wrote:
>> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_audio
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