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Narrated: Antique Armature Testing Growler [Restoration]

🕑 Added 2022-07-28 00:55:18 +0000 UTC

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Carl Maniscalco

I once worked in a small automotive electrical rebuilding shop where I used one of these beasts daily. The fact that I’m still here to tell you about it demonstrates that you were right about the lightbulb limiting the current in the test probe circuit but it still made a nasty little arc every time there was a complete circuit. We kept a pair of insulated rubber gloves right next to the thing and I always used them.

Keith Caldicott

Best sandblast cabinet greeting ever ...😁

John Toves

When does the trash on the floor become emotionally available?

Old Crow Bourbon

I speak for the Probes of Death! Keep them.

Old Crow Bourbon

Fun! Grrrr!

Hand Tool Rescue

Exactly

CaneSelvatico

"E" for Eric.... coincidence or destiny?...Who knows.....

Hand Tool Rescue

Oh lots could be done.

Hand Tool Rescue

Agreed.

Hand Tool Rescue

Safety is always good.

Erik S Switalski

The thing with the E😭

Darth

The detent mechanism is just making the holes slightly conical instead of perfectly tubular

Stuart Young

With the probes: Make a block of wood with 2 parallel holes in it big enough to take the wooden part of the probes, to act as a storage holder/protector! Extra points if you make some sort of detent mechanism or something to keep the probes stuck in the block, so that they don't just fall out if the cable moves or gets lightly pulled on. This could even be attached to a piece of wood that the growler gets mounted on, since it seems to be designed to be bolted to something.

Felix

You need to use a very low power lightbulb, because it also works as your current limiter.

Andrew Egerton

Fantastic. Glad I lived to see one of these.

Roy & Yvette Cope

I agree maybe some nice large ones on an insulating block?

Peter Laws

Since the Probes Of Death™ are at line voltage, it would probably be within electrical codes to put a standard 120 V plug/socket in line so you could at least unplug them when not in use. IANA Electrician, of course ...

For safety sake, you could make a set of probe caps to cover and insulate the probe points.