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    Posted 3 years ago

    AnythingOb…
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    There were only a few 'other little things' besides road reflectors I picked up today, here's two more.

    First is a little aluminum plate giving the basic electrical specifications for connections to a mobile home. If one had such a home this would be important information. (and it'd be one heckuva expen$ive 'extension cord' to do it?!!) The severely bent corner/end was actually folded nearly all the way over and still held the remains of a rusty screw, I unbent it and left the screw there before dropping it in my bag.

    Second is, or used to be anyway, a sparkplug. AC #R45TS to be precise. It had obviously been laying there in the dirt a WHOLE LONG TIME, considering its rust. Pics 3 & 4 show it closer. I don't have the slightest idea how old it really is, or what vehicle/machine it came from.

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    1. AnythingObscure AnythingObscure, 3 years ago
      THANK YOUS to vetraio50, Irishcollector., dav2no1, Cokeman1959, Watchsearcher, fortapache, Brunswick, kwqd, and blunderbuss2 for your <love it> button taps!!

      It just occurred to me that the 115/230 VAC spec given on that plate probably dates it (its trailer) to the 1960's-70's (or so, maybe) since the (USA) national standard for electric power has gone to 120/240V since, for a good while now too. Before then it was 110/220V, the first 'standard' which came about more 1930's-ish I think, an effort by those that regulate such things to corral what was then a mostly kind of random availability of power at all different combinations of voltage and frequency of AC current, or DC current at several voltages.
      In the recent past (before squiggle then LED household lighting happened) one could often notice that any incandescent light bulbs labeled "heavy duty" or "long life", as well as those intended for industrial applications, were often rated at *130*VAC -- this intentional overage on part of the mfrs does result in extended bulb lifetimes, albeit with the side effect of slightly lower overall light output, but that's usually not visible to human eyes.

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