Home-made Electrical ApparatusMorgan, Alfred Powell
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Home-made Electrical Apparatus
Morgan, Alfred Powell
Electric apparatus and appliances -- Amateurs' manuals
The medical coil is very easy to connect. Run the inside primary
terminal to the binding post on the rear left hand corner of the base.
Connect the other terminal to the vibrator post. A wire should be led
from the adjustment screw post to the binding post mounted on the
forward left hand corner of the base.
[Illustration: FIG. 106.—Vibrator Parts.]
One or two cells of battery should be sufficient to operate the coil.
Connect the battery to the two binding posts. Adjust the thumbscrew
until the contact on the end just touches the contact point on the
vibrator spring. The current will then flow through the primary winding
and magnetize the core. The magnetism of the core will draw the armature
towards it, thus pulling the contacts apart and interrupting the
current. The process will repeat itself very rapidly at a speed
depending upon the adjustment of the thumbscrew and as long as the
battery remains connected.
[Illustration: FIGS. 107 and 108.—Two Types of Handles.]
The handles for the coil are very easily made out of a piece of brass
tubing about two and one-half inches long and five-eighths of an inch in
diameter. They can also be made by rolling a piece of sheet brass or tin
into a tube and soldering the edges together. The illustration shows two
methods of making the handles and attaching the cords. The handle in the
upper part of the illustration is made from a piece of tubing. A wooden
plug or cork is fitted into one end. The wire passes through a hole in
the centre of the plug and is turned back over the edge so that when the
plug is forced into the tube, the wire will make contact with it. The
handle in the lower part of the illustration is made from one of the
brass cylinders in which the indelible ink for rubber stamps is
supplied. A hole is bored in the bottom through which the wire passes.
The end of the wire is soldered to a piece of stiff brass wire bent into
the shape of a hairpin. The ends of the wire are spread apart so that
they will spring against the inside of the tube. The connector is then
pulled up inside of the handle.
The flexible wires or "cords" as they are sometimes called, attached to
the handles, should be about eighteen inches long. The opposite ends to
the handles should be led through two holes in the base, in front of the
bobbin. The left hand cord should be connected to the vibrator post and
the right hand cord to the outside secondary terminal.
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