No clue what this supplied power to, it’s above the telco room door. Curious ballast resistor on right. Cap is rated 200vdc. Rectifier tube is, uhh— a rectifier tube— I didn’t lookBlowdown controller for HVAC water system, I guess. (Prevents excessive buildup of minerals in water from evaporation)Twinax. TWINAX.Old Western Electric gearThe creme de la WTF? Barber Colman Micro 8000 automation system…. SPEAKER WIRE ran from it to each HVAC thermostat and— I’m… not sure I even want to know…Line printer. lp0 is thankfully not on fireI wonder what the print mechanism looks like?I have no idea other than… this… is the most ratchet looking piece of HVAC gear I’ve ever seen. I think it’s used for heating via hot water? The blower was running.Tellabs program amplifier card in a really neat RF shielding enclosure… that someone forgot to slap the lid on…Would you like to play a game? It’s called “don’t break the ceiling tile” I probably washed five pounds of tile out of my hair that nightThis stripper works great on the jacket of cat5 cable and will only set you back $70. Wait, what?〜 ａ ｅ ｓ ｔ ｈ ｅ ｔ ｉ ｃ 〜?? ?????? ???? ????????
Thrift store find for $5.. It works! Batteries do not go onboard; it uses an external charging supply and household plug style sync. Gold spot on the right is a very very gold plated photodiode used for auto metering. Capacitor reformed after a few shots and annoyed the staff of the thrift store who begged me to stop testing the thing and just buy it and get out of there
