1944 C-15A-Wire-5 Restoration

[Robert Bergeron]

A while back our friend and contributor David D . posted about red insulators for the copper buss bar . Does anyone have pictures of these please ?

[Gord Falk]

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My wireless box uses the insulators as shown in the pictures. There are 5 of the slightly longer ones used on the shorter top buss bar and 6 insulators used on the lower lower buss bar. They are attached using a 1.8 inch panhead slotted screw passing though the buss bar, insulator and screwing into the wood paneling. My guess they are either of hard rubber or ceramic.

Gord

[Robert Bergeron]

Awesome Gord ! Thanks for that . That resolves a mistery . What about the copper buss bar isolators ? That one is quite heavy . I suppose the isolators are beefier ?

[Robert Bergeron]

View of the copper buss bar , the common ground for the negative side of the generators , batteries and radio power feed .

[Gord Falk]

The insulators on my cadaver wireless box are almost identical for the long buss bar and shorter buss bar. I believe the wiring in the wireless box has not been modified. Gord

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(picture attached upside down)

[Robert Bergeron]

Let’s see if this helps. Fabulous Gord ! Now tell us about the lower buss bar going along the front wall under the wireless table please . How far left does it go ? I love that cadaver box , it gives us a lot of interesting , useful,
interesting information !

[Robert Bergeron]

Our friend Gord Falk took many more interesting pictures. Thanks Gord ! I see many little details that are very useful. For example the buss bar is grounded to the metal floor under the wireless table . There are so many questions answered wow !Awesome Gord !