[Milsurplus] Re: WWII Equipment Wiring

[neil277 at juno.com]

I am not sure it was rubber covered wiring, but as early as the mid 60's
we had to rewire some TA-49's (telephone monitoring equipment, not the
TA-49/PT Telephone Set). I don't remember if we ever understood the
nomenclature, it might have been a WECO or some other civilian type
number. I think the dates stamped inside were 1943 or 1944, but that is a
long time ago. Anyway, our most skilled technicians couldn't replace an
internal component without some wire insulation damage. Which lead to
more internal rewireing, which lead to more damage, which lead to sitting
on the deadline shelf for long periods.


Neil, N4SI 

Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:40:19 -0400
> From: "B. Smith" <smithab11 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] WWII Equipment Wiring
> To: "milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
>
> The British R1155 receiver was completely wired internally using  
> rubber coated wiring which of course deteriorated over time and 
> has caused many headaches among restorers including myself.
>
> My question to the group is did any other British sets contain  
> rubber wiring?
>
> Did any other country use rubber  wiring in  communications 
> equipment ? I would think that rubber would be in short supply 
> in Great Britain during those years.
>
> 73 breck k4che
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/smithab11/