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Elevator controls from mid 60s

 

so bad ass!!!! I troubleshot a wave pool built in the 1960's, all the relays and ground faults, it was SOOOO mcuh fun


really makes you think about how electronics have made things easier or is it more complicated!!!

Old school timers, old school relays, old school limit switches, old school everything!!! I was so glad to be a part of it, my next step is repairing an old school pinball machine!!! its my hobby outside of work and trucks

i unfortunately dont have time for it

 

Ya it does make for an interesting day. Each tab is a relay or timer.

 

Try working on a 1950's aircraft. It's all about the same and it is awesome. Actually lets you be an electrician vs a box swapper.

 

Here is a newer control panel as you can see much nicer. Plus lighting is better in mechanical space and it is not covered in carbon dust

 

When I first got into this I shit cause all the wires are he same color

 

yup, the shitty part is, if one relay is toast it becomes difficult troubleshooting, so you have to jumper one at a time to continue the loop and find out which one is the problem, can sometimes take days

took my 14 nights at the pool working 6 hours just to recondition everything and replace like with like. luckily they had spare sparts as relays from the 1960's arent so compatible with new ones

 

thats the worse..... same color wire going everywhere with tags that dont exist, it does make you appreciate what the original electricians they were on a job from start to finish, as no one could take over them..... but than came the problem of troubleshooting


my biggest thing at the pool was to replace all the wiring, one at time, color code it and wire tags

 

have you seen the inside of old school pinball machines!!! those things are absolutely insane, there is a reason when you refurb one, the costs are 10K+ before paint

 

Just on tv not in person. It looked like ton of contact stacks

 

Boom that's nice!

 

this the regular price? hoping so as I'll being driving through the southern states next weekend.

 

Wooot Thank god thats over with

 

not in this southern state it aint!

 

SC gas is always cheaper than ours. cheapest ive seen in months is back home the walmart gas station was $3.29 a few weeks ago. raleigh is always more expensive than anywhere else