change of plan bush,
i am now looking for a scrap washing machine to build a watercooled bigbox,
seems straightforward enough, they have a 5kw heater fillament, tubes, a pump and an excellent all stainless low magnetic rf deck in an attractive case that fits in well with other electrical goods around the home ( the wife will even like it ) i think it would make a nice addition to any ham or cb radio operators home,
been able to watch the warm fuzzy glow through the toughened glass cabinet front will be a real talking point for visiting radio ops friends and family,
boo said he can wire the program dial as a warmup timer and stepstart, he says when it hits spin its ready to key
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if i go down that route i will need matching dials from other washing machines for the bandchange switch and the plate/load controls so it dont look out of place, i dont want odd looking controls,
i have seen washing machine dials with different load settings marked around the edge and a similar dial on a dishwasher in my wifes aunties kitchen with plate settings, its strange how radio folk notice things like that,
both would be ideal for this project and keeping inline with the wifes tastes in electrical goods,
i have some parts in the garrage but not everything i need to finish the job,
parts i still need to find,
a grid for the grounding
none conductive heat exchanger >275,000 btu
none conductive high dielectric pipework to fit the pump
large squirrel blower (20hp)
water conductivity meter with alarm shutdown trigger output ( industrial )
200 litres/52.8 us gallons distilled water
replacement door seal > ( special ptfe/ microdynema composite from wash & blow in the netherlands )
vacume variable > 50-400pf 50kv x2
vacume antenna relays 40a x 2 ( russion )
copper pipe ( i do my own plating )
ptfe barstock 2" x 3 feet
bigass transformer
none foaming detergent
i hope to post results here on the forum
