[Milsurplus] 24 volt brute force filtered supply verdict ?

[Hubert Miller]

I found in storage a power supply for a 32 volt boat radio. It's brute force filtered, CT secondary, 2 diodes that look 5 - 10 amp each,
DC fused at 6 amps, filter capacitor, filter choke, 50 ohm bleeder resistor.  Transformer core is 4.5 x 2.5 x 5.25 inches and it looks like it
would do more than 6 amps out, looks like 10 at least. There are taps on the primary and I can maybe get close to 24 volts out if I rewire
input. The filter choke looks like it might be a limiting factor on the rated current, just guessing by wire gauge of its windings.
Now, I don't really need a dynamotor spinner supply, as I don't plan on running anything on dynamotor. I recall many years ago I had a
brute force filtered 24 volt supply I bought from Fair Radio; and altho I never really respected supplies whose unloaded voltage soared
toward the AC peak, it did work very satisfactorily with an ARR-15 I had. I also used it to demonstrate a German WW1 spark transmitter.
( Which occurs to me, I need to sell this year, finally. )
I tend to have qualms about tossing out anything that can still be useful. So I wonder, should I just add this thing to the scrap metal
collector's truck, or will it possibly, likely have usefulness to someone else ? It's potentially a 24 volt DC, brute force filtered supply,
in a rugged cabinet with paint still intact, cooling louvres, and opening for cables in - out. What is your advice? I also don't want to be
storing any longer, things that have no usefulness to me.  I also will not ship anything that has satisfies the AND function of heavy +
low monetary value.
-Hue
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