On Thu, 28 Jun 2012, Sander Reiche wrote:
Hi all,
Do you guys know of a failsafe way to check if a Teletype is for 110
or 220V? I've bought one which has a power connector which seems like
US mains. The motor is 50Hz, but I guess that won't make a difference.
Any quick way to check without completely dismantling the machine?
Things are not so simple. A look in the parts list 1184B for the teletype
shows that there were 5 different motors. The parts list on bitsavers
is that from 1973. It has only 4 motors. Our parts list from 1974 shows
a "new" 5th motor.
Motors:
182241 1.6 Amp 60Hz
182267 1.7 Amp 50Hz
181870 2.0 Amp 60Hz
181861 0.8 Amp 60Hz (No longer available, use 181870)
and the 5th motor:
183991 (no data given)
from the picture, this motor seems to have a centrifugal governor.
So it is eventually adjustable for 50/60 Hz.
From the Amperage, the 181861 seems to be a 220V motor, which seems
strange in conjunction with 60Hz. Perhaps a typo? But these data is
identical in the 1973 and in the 1974 catalogue.
And to make things even more difficult, there is a second table for
pairs of gear sets which are to be used for different motors and
transmission speeds.
The given speeds long from 60 to 100 WPS.
Another fact: In some of our 220V 50Hz machine there are step down
transformers in the piedestal, in some not. Maybe that those machines
were feed from step down transformers in the 19"-rack of the
computermachinery they were used with.
Klemens
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