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Old 21st Nov 2016, 12:56 pm   #18
Brigham
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Default Re: Belling Champion Query

That must be a very early No. 1. The bottom casting is completely different from mine, which has round holes all around the base.
Does yours have the flat face where the optional switch would go?
It's interesting to follow the development of the design over the years. I have a very late 92A with an enclosed-break switch and no cast-iron whatsoever. The absence of mesh on such an early example as yours doesn't really surprise me. Other electric heaters of the time were similarly lacking.
I still haven't located anything smaller than No1/81. They were out of the catalogue by 1953/4, which is my earliest edition.
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