[Amps] Motorized Jennings Vacuum Cap
w3kl at w3kl.com
w3kl at w3kl.com
Sat Jul 5 06:21:18 EDT 2008
I have two old motorized Jennings vacuum capacitor units that I need schematics for. I don't remember where I picked these up - swap meet I think.
The units look like they were removed from a tuning system of some type - not necessarily for radio though. Perhaps a medical device (MRI etc.).
I can send you photos of the units if you like.
The system has a 26.5V DC motor made by Collins. The motor drives a speed reduction gear system that then drives a pinion gear that moves a lever that pulls the capacitor plunger in and out. There are two limit switches on the unit.
The interface to the unit is via DB 25 connectors.
I can sit down and reverse engineer the wiring of the unit but I thought I would see if someone already has a schematic for it.
I intend to use them to shunt feed my tower on 160.
Thanks for your help.
73, Jeff
W3KL
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