[GreenKeys] LPW 300 paper winder

Richard Knoppow 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Sat Mar 31 20:30:43 EDT 2018


     Motor is probably a shaded pole motor, common in old 
phonographs. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaded-pole_motor
     Listening to KPH on 6477.5 Khz, very strong. Reminds me of 
the old days.
On 3/31/2018 5:09 PM, Ralph Irish wrote:
> *Well, I get to correct myself two times!*
> *
> *
> *The blue color of my paper winder is a great paint job.  It also 
> covered up a metal tag that had*
> *some of the info about the device.  It is a LPW 300-B winder.  I 
> removed the cover and also saw*
> *a power resistor whose value was not easily seen.  I didn't 
> bother with a meter, but I will take*
> *someone's word for it being a 600 ohm device.  Looks like a 25W 
> item to me.*
> *
> *
> *(The motor does look like one from a 50s simple phonograph 
> turntable.) *

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Richard Knoppow
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WB6KBL


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