[geeks] radiolightning arrester??

[Ben Greisler]

It appears to be a spark gap arrestor where one side would be attached to a
ground rod and the other to the antenna. In the underside picture you can see
the gap. I am on my phone at the moment otherwise I would draw out the
schematic.

Ben Greisler
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On Jul 26, 2011, at 12:16 AM, Bob <rjtoegel at verizon.net> wrote:

> On 07/25/11, Jonathan Katz<jon at jonworld.com> wrote:Geeks,
>
> I've found the following in my home (identical to this.) ... actually it
> was
> burried in an inch of dirt and I found it whilst planting a shrub.
>
> http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-lightning-rod-r
> adio-cobalt-tren
> ton
> __________________________
>
> Could be but the terminal on the right seems to say home but I can't make
> out the label on the right.  Rather than a lightning arrestor, I'm going
> to guesstimate it to be just an insulator.  At one time they would carry
> power on a pair of parallel wires held apart by insulators, some were to
> be mounted to a structure.  At the time this was probably made, parallel
> wire was used for transmission lines.  If it was a lightning arrestor,
> there should be three terminals, two fro the parallel wires and one for
> the ground.
>
> Bob
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