Old "TRANNY"

[bren guzzi]

My mate took this down today. ( south of England ). Sent me the picture. It was still working as well.. Just an upgrade...

ok guys what year was it manufactured..... :confused:


"AND YEAH....ITS EVEN OLDER THAN ME." ( an I'm still working as well by the way ). :D

[paul maxwell]

Oh Bren can you imagine how disappointed I was when I read your heading "old tranny" and clicked on the pict just to find it wasn't you dressed as Susan Boyle :D,but I will be first to put a guess on the "tranny" I will go for 1930s

[bren guzzi]

Oh Bren can you imagine how disappointed I was when I read your heading "old tranny" and clicked on the pict just to find it wasn't you dressed as Susan Boyle :D,but I will be first to put a guess on the "tranny" I will go for 1930s

You were expecting this type of old tranny...

[Pootnaigle]

Ummm maybe a cast iron tub 20's maybe?

[Hebrew]

Just don't go into the tank.Oil might just be PCB!!

[Orgnizdlbr]

I'm going with the 30's also.....

[bren guzzi]

I'm going with the 30's also.....

Tell you tomorrow..oft to bed... Storms , floods .. Etc etc... I was looking for a year. NOT A DECADE....

Mañana ...

[BigClive]

I'll guess at 1960?

[Pootnaigle]

Tell you tomorrow..oft to bed... Storms , floods .. Etc etc... I was looking for a year. NOT A DECADE....

Mañana ...

uMM AND I wuz lookin fera nameplate that cud be red

[Old Line Dog]

Just don't go into the tank.Oil might just be PCB!!

Most DEFINATELY PCB oil. I just love the ring of "Polychlorinated biphenyls". Heh, heh, heh.

Yup. I'd guess the 30's.

[Old Line Dog]

I was looking for a year. NOT A DECADE....

Ok. Let me revise it up a bit. 1955.

[Pootnaigle]

Umm this here thread is proof that lineman humor is the same everwhere in the werld

[bren guzzi]

uMM AND I wuz lookin fera nameplate that cud be red

Sorry Poot.. We been side tracked with the weather an all..
Soon as I get back there. I promise you will get your " plate picture".
And CLIVE.. I said it was older than me... I was born in 1962

the Tranny ( electrical ) ;) Is 1927.. I think that's pretty cool , that is still working...( even as stated that it's probably full of cancerous PCB,S ) .
I am assured the pole it was mounted on had been changed a few times...:D

[bren guzzi]

Ummm maybe a cast iron tub 20's maybe?

Reckon ya get the prize Poot.
1927.. Even with my limited math that's been humming away for 87 years... So you've a lot in common..:D

[Roofus]

Nice find! Id say clean it up and turn it into a wall hanger for poots prize!

[bren guzzi]

Nice find! Id say clean it up and turn it into a wall hanger for poots prize!

I would but the postage would be quite prohibitive .. We are earning extra £££££,s coz of storm. BUT NOT THAT MUCH. :cool:

[Pootnaigle]

Umm dern thang prolly wont werk without banannas innit

[bren guzzi]

Umm dern thang prolly wont werk without banannas innit

It was 87 years up a pole " working " like the two of us Poot..:D

[BigClive]

You should send it to your current transformer manufacturer and suggest they take it to bits to learn how to do their job properly. :rolleyes:

[BigClive]

Well.... That's the LAST time I'm going to do a Google image search for "old tranny".:nightmare:

[Orgnizdlbr]

Well.... That's the LAST time I'm going to do a Google image search for "old tranny".:nightmare:


Hahahahaha.......!!!!!

[Roofus]

Well.... That's the LAST time I'm going to do a Google image search for "old tranny".:nightmare:

That Google can be a tricky one, Clive... watch your self on there... hehe.


And Bren, very true on the postage... Probably cost about $75 U.S... Either way a good find!!! Id still turn it into a wall hanger myself... haha



On second thought... probably be a lot more than $75 U.S.... I wonder......