Electrical Tool

[ToastedWheatie]

Tester??

 

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[ARC]

My guess... "hot knife" ?

 

[ToastedWheatie]

 

[bradyboy]

need better pic of the tip

 

[fish1on]

Wire connecting the clamp and probe is not insulated so if it was meant to have current flowing thru it it is way dangerous. Looks to me like it was a continuity tester of some type as it only has a single lead. Voltage testers or hot knife would have dual leads to complete the circuit.

 

[ToastedWheatie]

need better pic of the tip

It's in the video. Can you get it to work?

 

[fish1on]

Video is working but quality not letting us see much. Giving this further thought, I am thinking a spark plug tester. Will look for info/pic

 

[ARC]

What about a 12 volt hot knife ?

Ground from bat to say ummmmmmm whatever. ?

 

[kcm]

What about a 12 volt hot knife ?

Ground from bat to say ummmmmmm whatever. ?

You'd still need POS and NEG.

 

[fish1on]

What about a 12 volt hot knife ?

Ground from bat to say ummmmmmm whatever. ?

Would not be a complete circuit, still need to get back to source. Hot knife is basically a coil that heats up with current flow. Single lead means flow thru but not returned, so the item is basically a jumper of sorts to complete one side of a path of flow.

 

[nhbenz]

Quack medicine electric shock device? Circuits were completed through contact with another component attached to the other side of a coil on such things.

 

[Charlesp54]

Reminds me of an electric livestock fence connector but I cant see how you would attach it without getting shocked.

 

[ARC]

Errr.. for example... from unit to + ...
Negative of bat connected to "item" to be "whatevered"... IE: clamp from negative is already connect / clamped to item that will be touched with device that is connected to the positive.

Follow ?

When you use item this now completes circuit.

 

[mojjax]

welding rod holder . The welders cost $12.95 in 1956 and were advertised in the back of Popular Mechanix magazine .

 

[kcm]

welding rod holder . The welders cost $12.95 in 1956 and were advertised in the back of Popular Mechanix magazine .

Do you have a month and page number? Hate to ask, but I have limited data. The wire seems awful small for any kind of "welder" - unless someone was advertising it as such when it's more of a soldering tool. Regardless, it looks like a PERFECT candidate for Popular Mechanix ads!! Great thinking!

 

[mojjax]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct...ord447cvn-S4Q819fPVuWKyA&ust=1483715337040081

 

[kcm]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct...ord447cvn-S4Q819fPVuWKyA&ust=1483715337040081

I only searched one issue earlier, and that's the only one I found also.

Would be great to get ahold of that little bugger and inspect it more closely - maybe do a little testing. One thing's for sure, can't put very much current through that little wire.

 

[cudamark]

Looks like a ground strap for whatever that tool does. Something that might have a static electricity problem that they needed to eliminate.

 

[ToastedWheatie]

 

[bradyboy]

now that we see the tip. looks like a grounding clip,
pretty cool item
IMO
Brady