Re: Converting Zenith 6V27 to AC power without a transformer

"Paul Dietenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Depends on how annoyed you are by the vibrator. I have one of these sets.
> Just for fun I hooked it up to my 6V-10A battery charger to see if it
would
> go - and it did (until I let all the vacuum out of a 15 tube and stole its
> 19 for another set, and haven't bought replacements yet). I think that if
I
> were going to use this set often enough to justify running it on AC I'd
> build solid-state A and B supplies for it. While it's still in the
> restoration queue it's staying on battery power. The 6V gel cell out of my
> daughter's Power Wheels car runs it long enough for testing.
>
> JMO.......

It can also be noted that, though it tends to reduce the life of the
vibrator contacts, vibrator type car radios will actually run from AC (at
their rated voltage, not right out of the outlet.. LOL) The vibrator doesn't
give a darn about what it's run off of.. AC or reverse polarity DC even.
When I was a kid, I ran them directly off of old filament transformers (they
may have been fused at 14A, but usually draw less than 5A).