Need advert in Amateur Wireless - April 1929 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

RadioHist · 29th Aug 2016, 5:05 pm

Folks,

I'm working on background information for a paper on the Russian made thermo-electric generators of the 1950s used to power small broadcast receivers.

I need any information on the UK built Thermattaix gas fired thermopile used to charge radio accumulators from circa 1925. I see a reference saying that there is an advert in Amateur Wireless magazine for April 1929. A scan of this or any relevant information would be very much appreciated.

There is also reference to a "Thermo-Generator" sold by the Cardiff Gas Light & Coke Co. sometime in the 1930s. I see the advert but it has no date. There is a statement by one John Howell that his father sold some of these in South Wales but I presume that very few were made.

There are indications that some 50,000 variants of the Soviet generators were built. (I have a TZGK 2-2 of 1958 vintage and a "Spark - 53" radio that could be powered by it.)

Comments welcome...

Robert

ms660 · 29th Aug 2016, 5:34 pm

Not a company advert as such but a description and picture from Wireless World, 9th Nov. 1927:

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/...thermattaix%22

Lawrence.

RadioHist · 30th Aug 2016, 1:26 pm

Lawrence,

Thanks for taking time to reply. I'll place it in my references. Still hope I can see the advert mentioned. I thought it interesting that they had a generator that was powered not only by gas or petrol burning but by ELECTRICITY. Seems on the surface to be an oxymoron but I guess it is one way to convert HT mains to the LT required for charging accumulators or if the HT mains came from a jittery one cylinder motor/generator outfit, it could act as a stabilizer.

Robert

Boater Sam · 30th Aug 2016, 4:25 pm

Try Manchester Museum of Science and Technology Castlefields Manchester. They have gas and electrical sections.

29th Aug 2016, 5:05 pm	#1
RadioHist Pentode Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Charlotte, NC; USA Posts: 165	Need advert in Amateur Wireless - April 1929 Folks, I'm working on background information for a paper on the Russian made thermo-electric generators of the 1950s used to power small broadcast receivers. I need any information on the UK built Thermattaix gas fired thermopile used to charge radio accumulators from circa 1925. I see a reference saying that there is an advert in Amateur Wireless magazine for April 1929. A scan of this or any relevant information would be very much appreciated. There is also reference to a "Thermo-Generator" sold by the Cardiff Gas Light & Coke Co. sometime in the 1930s. I see the advert but it has no date. There is a statement by one John Howell that his father sold some of these in South Wales but I presume that very few were made. There are indications that some 50,000 variants of the Soviet generators were built. (I have a TZGK 2-2 of 1958 vintage and a "Spark - 53" radio that could be powered by it.) Comments welcome... Robert

29th Aug 2016, 5:34 pm	#2
ms660 Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 13,454	Re: Need advert in Amateur Wireless - April 1929 Not a company advert as such but a description and picture from Wireless World, 9th Nov. 1927: http://www.americanradiohistory.com/...thermattaix%22 Lawrence.

30th Aug 2016, 1:26 pm	#3
RadioHist Pentode Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Charlotte, NC; USA Posts: 165	Re: Need advert in Amateur Wireless - April 1929 Lawrence, Thanks for taking time to reply. I'll place it in my references. Still hope I can see the advert mentioned. I thought it interesting that they had a generator that was powered not only by gas or petrol burning but by ELECTRICITY. Seems on the surface to be an oxymoron but I guess it is one way to convert HT mains to the LT required for charging accumulators or if the HT mains came from a jittery one cylinder motor/generator outfit, it could act as a stabilizer. Robert

30th Aug 2016, 4:25 pm	#4
Boater Sam Banned Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Middlewich, Cheshire, UK. & Winter in the Philippines. Posts: 3,897	Re: Need advert in Amateur Wireless - April 1929 Try Manchester Museum of Science and Technology Castlefields Manchester. They have gas and electrical sections.