[SEL] Wanted: Pair of old Panel Meters for a Searchlight Generator

[Elden DuRand]

Peter:

I most likely had what you need about three or four years ago.  I got rid of several boxes of analog meters of various types.  Sorry.

I think that, during WWII, Weston, Westinghouse and Burlington made the most often used meters.  Unfortunately, they've fallen by the wayside.

I did look on the Web and found that what they call a 3-1/2" meter is actually 3-1/2" at the flange and that's as big as the round ones get.  Here's a Simpson Electric data page for the round meters:
http://www.simpsonelectric.com/uploads/File/datasheets/round_datasheet.pdf

Rectangular meters fit a 2.75" hole in the panel and have a 4.66" front (flange).  These would probably fit the panel with a bit of drilling for the mounting holes.  Here's another data page for the rectangular meters:
http://www.simpsonelectric.com/uploads/File/datasheets/rectangular_datasheet.pdf
Model 29 0-150 DC Volt is a number 07720
Model 29 0-50 DC Amperes is a number 00540

Hoyt made meters of that era.  Here's a sheet with their analog meters.   (Note: Hoyt meters are not connected with the famous Hoyt-Clagwell Tractor Company).
http://www.weschler.com/_upload/catalog/69e.pdf

Here's a listing of old meters.  Didn't have the patience to go through it:
http://www.oldradioparts.com/2a20fl.txt

There are some Chinese analog meters that may fit the panel but they have Chinese characters as well as European so wouldn't look right in the vintage stuff.

Good luck!

Take care - Elden
http://www.oldengine.org/members/durand 

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> Subject: [SEL] Wanted: Pair of old Panel Meters 
> for a Searchlight
> Generator
> 
> 
> We got the old Petter PU8 genny engine running 
> today, had to change
> the magneto as the original had been got at and 
> reassembled with the
> timing wrong :-((
> 
> It runs OK, lots of smoke and rust out of the 
> silencer on start-up,
> but for a 1940's flat twin air-cooled engine, it 
> ran quite well. We
> had oiled the bores etc when we had the heads off 
> to free off the
> valves, so a bit of smoke was expected.
> 
> The dynamo produced 120V and was controllable 
> with the field rheostat,
> but the two panel meters are completely shot due 
> to water getting
> inside the casings.
> 
> So we are looking for a 0-150V Moving Coil DC 
> voltmeter and a 0-50A
> Moving Coil DC ammeter, body diameter 3.50" 
> mounting flange 4.25"
> (round)
> 
> If anyone knows of anything suitable, please give 
> me a shout, good
> price paid plus postage.
> 
> Peter