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From: Jim on 2 Jul 2010 18:07
Can someone help identify this old device? It's mounted almost 9 feet up
the wall of a garage in an early 1950's California house, and the other
side of the wall is the kitchen. No obvious signs of what it might connect
to inside.

This is what's stamped on the body: RITTENHOUSE 5 V.A. no. 180

Photo: www.badongo.com/pic/9826616 (black corners are from image-rotation)



Thanks for any details. Jim
From: nesesu on 2 Jul 2010 18:18
On Jul 2, 3:07 pm, Jim <jim857...(a)jim.com> wrote:
> Can someone help identify this old device? It's mounted almost 9 feet up
> the wall of a garage in an early 1950's California house, and the other
> side of the wall is the kitchen. No obvious signs of what it might connect
> to inside.
>
> This is what's stamped on the body: RITTENHOUSE   5 V.A.   no. 180
>
> Photo:www.badongo.com/pic/9826616(black corners are from image-rotation)
>
> Thanks for any details. Jim

Looks like the door bell transformer to me.

Neil S.
From: Dave Platt on 2 Jul 2010 18:19
In article <K7GdnSFWHfeE_rPRnZ2dnUVZ_hmdnZ2d(a)wavecable.com>,
Jim <jim857676(a)jim.com> wrote:

>Can someone help identify this old device? It's mounted almost 9 feet up
>the wall of a garage in an early 1950's California house, and the other
>side of the wall is the kitchen. No obvious signs of what it might connect
>to inside.
>
>This is what's stamped on the body: RITTENHOUSE 5 V.A. no. 180

Probably the door-bell transformer. If so, you'd probably find a few
volts of AC on those two screw terminals... and disconnecting either
wire would leave your doorbell inoperable.

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From: Franc Zabkar on 2 Jul 2010 18:24
On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 15:18:05 -0700 (PDT), nesesu
<neil_sutcliffe(a)telus.net> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>On Jul 2, 3:07�pm, Jim <jim857...(a)jim.com> wrote:
>> Can someone help identify this old device? It's mounted almost 9 feet up
>> the wall of a garage in an early 1950's California house, and the other
>> side of the wall is the kitchen. No obvious signs of what it might connect
>> to inside.
>>
>> This is what's stamped on the body: RITTENHOUSE � 5 V.A. � no. 180
>>
>> Photo:www.badongo.com/pic/9826616(black corners are from image-rotation)
>>
>> Thanks for any details. Jim
>
>Looks like the door bell transformer to me.
>
>Neil S.

I think I can see Bugle and Bell terminals, so I guess it may be a
novelty door bell.

- Franc Zabkar
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From: Jim on 2 Jul 2010 18:25
nesesu <neil_sutcliffe(a)telus.net> wrote in
news:7639d8f9-4f29-4e02-8893-86fad7177eed(a)b4g2000pra.googlegroups.com:

> On Jul 2, 3:07�pm, Jim <jim857...(a)jim.com> wrote:
>> Can someone help identify this old device? It's mounted almost 9 feet
>> up the wall of a garage in an early 1950's California house, and the
>> other side of the wall is the kitchen. No obvious signs of what it
>> might connec
> t
>> to inside.
>>
>> This is what's stamped on the body: RITTENHOUSE � 5 V.A. � no. 180
>>
>> Photo:www.badongo.com/pic/9826616(black corners are from
>> image-rotation)
>>
>> Thanks for any details. Jim
>
> Looks like the door bell transformer to me.

That rings true, since searching for that brand name brought up links for
old doorbells. Not sure why it's so far from the doorbell itself - at the
kitchen entrance.

Thanks. Jim
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