I've rescued two 60 cm German carbon arc searchlights from WW2, similar to this:
The owner of the building wanted to get rid of them as scrap metal, but I want to see if I can get them up and running again. Since the output (according to Wikipedia) is 135 million candelas, I guss this is the right forum to ask if anybody have any experience with this kind of equipment. Please let me know if I'm at the wrong place.
The original 8kw aggregate is lost, so they got re-plugged in early 1990's, so they can run from a three-phase power outlet. I read that they need 5,6kw power each, so perhaps not the ordinary house outlet. Last time they were used was in the 1990's. After that they was placed in a parking garage and built in, discovered again when the building was renovated.
Does anybody have any experience with such things?
Anybody know if it possible to buy new carbon "sticks" (or what they are called). Got only 10 left?
Please share your thoughts about my project.
Are these two worth anything?
This is the type:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_searchlights_of_World_War_II#60_Centimetre
The owner of the building wanted to get rid of them as scrap metal, but I want to see if I can get them up and running again. Since the output (according to Wikipedia) is 135 million candelas, I guss this is the right forum to ask if anybody have any experience with this kind of equipment. Please let me know if I'm at the wrong place.
The original 8kw aggregate is lost, so they got re-plugged in early 1990's, so they can run from a three-phase power outlet. I read that they need 5,6kw power each, so perhaps not the ordinary house outlet. Last time they were used was in the 1990's. After that they was placed in a parking garage and built in, discovered again when the building was renovated.
Does anybody have any experience with such things?
Anybody know if it possible to buy new carbon "sticks" (or what they are called). Got only 10 left?
Please share your thoughts about my project.
Are these two worth anything?
This is the type:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_searchlights_of_World_War_II#60_Centimetre