Clarkes Atlas AC16 eliminator - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

newlite4 · 14th May 2012, 3:39 pm

Just after some information on this eliminator. It works OK except for the variable 0 - 100 volt output ( it has a carbon pile pot - needs a strip and clean!). It is in an unusual olive drab colourway as if it has military connections. Any more information on this one would be welcome.
Thanks,
Neil

Peter.N. · 14th May 2012, 4:08 pm

Nicely made as things were in those days. Nice to see 'Radiospares' on a component from the days when that was all they sold.

Peter

Paul_RK · 14th May 2012, 6:01 pm

An unusual colour as you say, the same as or similar to that used on the chassis and 'speaker of perhaps Clarkes Atlas' best known radio model, the A758 http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/clarke_...las_a_758.html . I just have the console model of that set, and a Clarkes Atlas battery eliminator (very different model from yours, somewhat later) and battery charger hiding somewhere. I'm not aware of any military connection, maybe someone can enlighten us there or perhaps it was just thought that the colour suggested high production standards and that couldn't be a bad thing

Paul

14th May 2012, 3:39 pm	#1
newlite4 Octode Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bath, Somerset, UK. Posts: 1,805	Clarkes Atlas AC16 eliminator Just after some information on this eliminator. It works OK except for the variable 0 - 100 volt output ( it has a carbon pile pot - needs a strip and clean!). It is in an unusual olive drab colourway as if it has military connections. Any more information on this one would be welcome. Thanks, Neil Attached Thumbnails __________________ preserving the recent past, for the distant future.

14th May 2012, 4:08 pm	#2
Peter.N. Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Charmouth, Dorset, UK. Posts: 3,601	Re: Clarkes Atlas AC16 eliminator Nicely made as things were in those days. Nice to see 'Radiospares' on a component from the days when that was all they sold. Peter

14th May 2012, 6:01 pm	#3
Paul_RK Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 4,256	Re: Clarkes Atlas AC16 eliminator An unusual colour as you say, the same as or similar to that used on the chassis and 'speaker of perhaps Clarkes Atlas' best known radio model, the A758 http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/clarke_...las_a_758.html . I just have the console model of that set, and a Clarkes Atlas battery eliminator (very different model from yours, somewhat later) and battery charger hiding somewhere. I'm not aware of any military connection, maybe someone can enlighten us there or perhaps it was just thought that the colour suggested high production standards and that couldn't be a bad thing Paul