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I bought this three weeks ago for 50p! I had my suspicions but had to wait until today to have a closer look.

Someone may know exactly what it is, but if not I'll post a further picture which will give the game away.

Made of plastic although the pictures make it look like metal.

Have fun!

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Air Ioniser (probably miles off!) ?

Kev

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Correct, you are miles off!;D

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Looks like a 3 pole 4 way switch amongst other things.

Air sensor of some sort, maybe temperature or humidity.

Ian

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Ian, you're out there with Kev!

Two more pictures and l should point out that there should be a mains cable going in.

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A tourist memento, a miniature replica of the tombstone of the phantom twiddler. The real one is in storage, unused. We just haven't caught him yet.

David

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It's not one of those "piezo punkah" thingies is it?- that waved plastic strips around with an AC mains supply as a quiet and supposedly long-lasting alternative to circulating fans?

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It's not some sort of voltage dropper, is it?

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A toaster?

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With a plastic body? ???

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It's the famed "wigwam to wind the sun up."
Colin.

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An aerial?

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You did say a “Mains lead” is connected to it, if so, could you state its rating?
Cheers
John

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It looks very much like one of the burner assemblies from my oil fired Rayburn, but plastic rather than heat resistant steel precludes that.
I vaguely recall my mother telling me (70 years ago) that it was a "wim-wam" that was used for sun winding purposes.
Les.

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...and the winner is... DAVE MOLL!

It was in a box of cine projector bits and when I peered through the slats l could see a thin sheet of mica ( or asbestos!) wound with a fine wire.

As you pull out the square shaft you can see the approximate voltage.

If it is a mica sheet I'll wire it up and test it, but if it's asbestos I'll take further advice with regard to use or disposal.

Thanks to all who entered the quiz.:thumbsup:

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Well done Dave .
Cheers
John

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I'd still like to stuff the phantom twiddler into it.........

David

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Now I've got to research "the wigwam that winds the sun up"!

An advertising slogan?

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They did make a Bakelite panel fire with pencil elements.:) J.

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Many of the early GB (Gaumont British, later Rank) Equipments 16mm film projectors
used a 120v lamp, and an external dropper was required. I think the early projectors
were actually Bell & Howell made in the USA.