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Old 12th Feb 2019, 10:52 am   #12
Pmark34
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Location: Derby, Derbyshire, UK.
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Default Re: Lancashire Dynamo, Crypto- Rotary Transformer Converter

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Originally Posted by Refugee View Post
From the photos it looks like there is a driven or output shaft on one end.
Would that be for a cooling fan or perhaps for some kind of input/output drive so that it could be operated as a motor or generator.

Had wondered the same, could have possibly been connected to a little engine of some sort for if the mains (DC input) failed, I believe the old mill did have a water turbine at one point ,but the chap who gave it to me says it wasn't connected to that.
There is a fan on the shaft at the same end as the com.
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