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echo: electronics
to: ROY J. TELLASON
from: THURSTON ACKERMAN
date: 2003-07-09 22:54:00
subject: I couldn`t resist

RJT>There's a guy up the street who put out some interesting stuff,  apparently
RJT>trash pickup.  Some of the neighborhood kids had fun by picking up a bunch
RJT>multiline phones,  which I had to holler about when they ended up all over
RJT>yard here.  In addition,  there's some kind of monitor,  and a couple of bo

RJT>I couldn't resist taking a look at the smaller of the two last night.  It's
RJT>power supply.  Two outputs,  apparently.  One is rated at 24 volts,  _10 am
RJT> The other is a slightly higher voltages,  labeled
"charger",  so this is
RJT>apparently designed to provide some battery backup.

RJT>So I snagged it.  If nothing else,  it should provide some very usable part

RJT>What the heck would you do with 24 volts?  About the only stuff I have that
RJT>needs that is a whole mess of relays...

I seem to recall that 24 volts is fairly common in aircraft (or maybe
was 50 years ago when I was doing radio installation and maintance on
military aircraft 8-); and possibly naval ships (I'll have to try to
remember to check with my navy veteran son).

Ciao, Ack.

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