Re: Packard Battery Chargers

Posted by HH56 On 2009/4/7 11:01:04

Interesting!! Made for Packard but I'm impressed & intrigued by the size. Has to be late 20's era if mfg stopped making them for Packard by 9th series--also the rubber cord & 2 prong plug instead of cloth cord interesting--is there a patent plate or any idea when. Can you see inside or have you had it open? There's a transformer but rated at 4A DC, has to be some kind of rectifier too. Tubes were still pretty big in the 20's so really am curious if there is one or if selenium rectifier in use by then--which also was not tiny. Am totally amazed at the size needless to say. If they could make a charger that small why were radios so big as to need 2-3 enclosures in a car or large box in a house.