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W24_Westector

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ID = 86306
       
Pays:
Royaume Uni
Fabricant: Westinghouse Brake and Saxby Signal Co., Ltd. & Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co.; London
Type:  Solid-State-Diode   Detector 
Identique à W24_Westector

Culot Autre combinaison de connexion.
Description

The first metal detector or "Westector" developed by Westinghouse.

Contemporary advertising data gives a rating as 24V peak and 0.5mA "output current"

The detector uses discs of Copper treated on one side to form a copper oxide film. These discs were stacked to obtain the required voltage rating.

 
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