Thread: Work of Art?

I'm having trouble determining the origin of this wiring masterpiece. I'm thinking......

(a) - 1970's high school science fair project
(b) - prop leftover from the spy spoof series "Get Smart"

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So, I guess it was powered up when you got there, cause I know the YOU did not switch it on. Did you?

It is a fused power supply for a workshop, probably radio and TV repair in the basement, long before 1970 would be my guess. He could kill power to the chassis by flipping a switch instead of pulling the plug every time.

Originally Posted by John Kogel

He could kill power to the chassis by flipping a switch instead of pulling the plug every time.

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Or Himself.
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Originally Posted by Rick Cantrell

So, I guess it was powered up when you got there, cause I know the YOU did not switch it on. Did you?

Of course I did. I had to see what it did and what it controlled.

There was also a circuit breaker subpanel that was being used as the ON/OFF switches for general lighting in the basement. No actual switches. You had to flick the breakers to the ON position to turn the lights on.

"Duck & Cover" probably before your time. 50s DIY.Basement fall out shelter, set up to use (EGAD! cords with twin cap sets!) to power up via generator.Throw a little CD (civil defense) and HAM (amature radio) in for good measure, after the HoH (head of household) had tinkered with more than a few Popular Science mail order projects and a Heath Kit or two, and declared himself an engineer (with a purpose).Early 50s, with older pre-existing wiring. Maybe 60s to early 70s tweaking by a HAM with "Field Day" hobbiest tenor and frightful.Sheltering out a "goof" during the cold war, but not an all out blitz. We gave up on those intermediate fall-out shelters after the "Bay of Pigs"; A-bomb to H-bomb finally 'sunk in' that a shelter wouldn't make a hill of beans difference if there wasn't an atmosphere left.If an H-bomb went off philly was toast (prox to DC) so there was no point.Creative switchboard. Write the crap out of it.

I got it, thats the original bilge pump wiring for the Titanic. How did you recover it?

Tell me more about the bear!

Originally Posted by Egbert Jager

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Tell me more about the bear!

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I don't think He Made It.
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Originally Posted by Billy Stephens

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I don't think He Made It.
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I set myself up for that one.

Got any details about where, when, what he was chewing on.... web links?

Originally Posted by Egbert Jager

Got any details about where, when, what he was chewing on.... web links?

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Oh That . . snopes.com: Electrocuted Bear
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