Old electric meter box!

[diggingthe1]

Old meters are pretty collectable. My buddy called me and told me this was in the dumpster and was too heavy for him to lift. I hauled it home! It looks like everything is there. I love the red lights. Should I take it apart and eBay the pieces, or leave it together for someone to restore? I'm having trouble finding a simular meters. This one is a westinghouse OB, but it is rectangular. Sure makes a great conversation piece. The lamps people make from these are pretty cool. Thanks for looking!

 

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[Indigo Knight]

Great find! I'd have pulled that out of the dumpster, too. Are those face plates brass? And I like the bits of old schematic.

My vote is to keep it intact. I would try selling it at a show or high-end flea market. If that doesn't work, you can always piece it out to sell online.

 

[Chiltepin]

The tamper bar through the wingnuts is hilarious.

Those red jeweled indicator lights are awesome.

Travel back a few decades or so and think of Nicola Tesla.

Nice save!

 

[diggingthe1]

Thanks for the posts! I am not sure if the face plates are brass or not but I love the style of writing on them. I like your idea of keeping it together Indigo, maybe I will try craigslist or facebook to sell it whole. It should stay together. Looking online the lamps they make with the meters are pretty cool. It would have been a shame for it to go to the dump. It is beastly heavy. Thanks again!

 

[GB1]

nice

 

[Chiltepin]

Just zoomed on the cloth coated wiring wow, I
Did work on an old 1930s girls school that had
tar coated wire with cloth covering.

https://www.inspectapedia.com/electric/Old_Electrical_Wiring.php

 

[RustyGold]

Very cool. Saving history is awesome and I'd keep it together as a unit for sale. Thanks for the look!

 

[A2coins]

Kinda cool

 

[Mudflap]

The OB meter is 115V so you could clean it up and mount on a board and make a table lamp. The disk will turn when the light is on.

 

[diggingthe1]

I tried to sell it as one piece, it never sold. I ripped it apart and sold the meters on eBay. $175, not bad for a dumpster find. I thought about making one of those lamps, maybe next time.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice recovery...I would have had hailed that board out for salvage!

 

[A2coins]

That is freakin cool

 

[diggingthe1]

Hey Tommy, it came from this place, a good little read. https://www.theoutbound.com/colorad...-abandoned-skagway-power-plant-and-ghost-town
I’ll be hiking down there this summer I hope. It took up to much space in my little shop! I tried to sell it together but no one wanted it. Cliff