FWIW - the history of Hubbell and the “twist-tite” and “twist-lock”

https://www.hubbell.com/hubbellcanada/en/blog/Hubbell-Twist-Lock-Products


On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 10:21 AM Nick England <navy.radio@gmail.com> wrote:
I found a 1949 electrical supply catalog with the 9213 "Twist-Tite" receptacle.

The catalog included several other styles of Twist-Tite receptacles (pages 174-175) but NO PLUGS. It says that these take standard parallel blade plugs/caps and provide greater retention. Weird - have you tried a standard parallel-blade plug?
Photos from the catalog are attached -
Nick England K4NYW
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On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 5:09 AM <pbirkel@gmail.com> wrote:

I have an RA-87 loop supply that I’d like to resurrect but am having difficulty with the DC loop power connectors.  They are Hubbell “Twist-Tite” female receptacles as seen in the attached photo.  The diameter across the outer edge of the prongs is exactly 5/8”.  I’m not a “Hubbell guy” … but I’m trying to learn!

 

TT 11-957 documents the RA-87 (see: https://archive.org/download/TM11-957/TM11-957.pdf), where Section V “Supplementary Data” references Stock No. 6Z7815, described as “Hubbell #9213 Twist-Tite”.

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Nick England K4NYW
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