Re: Victoreen 470

[Ted de Castro <tdc@xrayted.com>]

Thanks for your suggestions:

Radio Shack and Newark CANNOT have mercury batteries since they are
currently "illegal to manufacture or import for sale" in the US -
PERIOD! (besides - I checked over a year ago).

I checked out the tubesandmore web site and they DO have a 22.5 volt
battery but they do not give the everyready part number.  It does appear
to be and old La Lanche cell or "B" battery and not mercury.

I think we would need to find a place to buy them from directly for our
own use (legal I think) - and then face the music from IH!

Chris Alston wrote:
> 
> At 03:14 PM 11/29/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >I saw a Victoreen 470 mentioned on a recent post.
> >Ted
> 
> Yes, the 470A "Panaromic" is a wonderful instrument. There are still lots
> of places to get the 22.5 V batteries that supply the bias voltage 9 (I
> assume that you're referring to those). You can always start with Newark,
> or Radio Shack could (almost certainly) order them for you, or there are
> good people at a place called Antique Electronic Supply, in Tempe AZ. You
> can call them at (480)820-5411, or fax to (800)706-6789, or visit their
> website at tubesandmore.com.
> 
> In re the restoration, the only thing I can suggest is to give
> Inovision/Victoreen a call, and see what they have on the shelf that they
> could cannibalize. Tom Krivan, in the shop there, has always been very
> helpful to me.
> 
> Break a leg
> cja
> 
> >With the criminalization of mercury batteries - how are folks keeping
> >them going??
> >
> >We have a couple I'd like to have restored.
> >
> >There isn't really a good replacement for this instrument - in its
> >niche.
> >
> >No - the 450p is not a good replacement!
> 
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