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#151952 07/23/03 12:54 PM
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Located in Bob Vila's Studio and offices in Boston, MA

Joe Tedesco www.joetedesco.com

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Wow!

Question: Bottom left, there is what appears to be a series of 6 holes in the cover to a (?) device box. Explain, please.

#151954 07/24/03 11:22 AM
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That fitting is an E condulet (E for END) the covers used to be porcelain, but are now some sort of composition, or metal with bushed holes.

Used where rigid conduit ends up behind an open switchboard.

This one looks like at one time there was a meter there, an old A-Base meter. Regards. Creighton

Thaks Creighton!!


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#151955 07/24/03 09:25 PM
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joe, what kinda meter is this? it would go nice in my collection. is this service still beig used?

#151956 07/24/03 11:27 PM
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This meter is still in use and

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It looks like a GE C6, 3 wire, single phase meter, manufactured begining in 1905.

Bud
www.themeterguy.com



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Aaack! Joe and Bud, you beat me to the punch.

Dave Dahle [watthourmeters.com] may be able to narrow in on it. My guess it's a 2-stator 3ΓΈ 3-wire meter. http://www.watthourmeters.com/generalelectric/d3.html

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#151958 07/26/03 09:52 PM
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well there goes the collecting idea! [Linked Image] shoot!

#151959 08/05/03 12:19 PM
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Well...there's my General Electric 240 volt A-type meter that I'll soon be hooking up.

Erwin was kind enough to give me the cover for the terminal block and Dave Dahle (does he also hang out on this website?) also recently emailed me a diagram on how to jumper the meter so it runs properly on 110 volts. [Linked Image] [Linked Image]

Thanks guys!!!!!

#151960 08/05/03 06:53 PM
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Speaking of Bob Vila. This is from the Boston Globe.

At least it wasn't listed as a fixer-upper, but TV handyman Bob Vila and his wife, Diana M. Barrett, unloaded their 5,710-square-foot 13-room home at 8 Highland St. in Cambridge (near Brattle Street) to Ernestine and Philip Y. Denormandie for $4.5 million. Listed in assessing records as being ''in good condition'' - one would certainly hope so - the house was built in the late 19th century. It has six bedrooms and 51/2 bathrooms and was assessed last year for $4.1 million. Vila and Barrett purchased the house in 1996 for $1.05 million.




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#151961 08/05/03 08:37 PM
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And they say real estate prices in New Jersey are "out of site"

Not bad, a 3 mil profit in 7 +/- years!

Way to go Bob Villa.......who needs a TV show, endorsements, books, etc???? (ME)

John


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