Re: Original Townsend Brown Speaker
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:10 pm
I have been keeping quiet about this.
I would like to add my opinion of the device and what transpired with the "giving" of the speaker.
We were sitting in a room and Andrew came out with this pole. He mentioned that he had been carrying it around with him and he was tired of having it and asked if anyone wanted it. I knew I didn't want it and just said as much. The others in the room said the same thing. Andrew had said that no one really wanted it and he was just going to dispose of it. With that, Plad said he would be honored to take it.
That is how it went down.
As to the speaker, I have been told that Linda Leach is demanding it's return and that it has sentimental value to George. If it was so sentimental than why did they/whomever give it away? Why if it is so sentimental to George did he tell Linda Leach that she was wasting her time with all this "stuff" about her father?
So many contradictions.
The speaker from what I observed is an aluminum tube that has nicely machined slots. That is where the "nicely" ends. The end caps do not appear to be able to insulate very well from High Voltage so the amount of HV will be very low and on looking at the amount of insulation I would guess not much over 5 to 10Kv...at best. The wire used for the coil within the tube is regular hookup wire, however, it appears to have a clear cover on it that would indicate that it has a 600 V capacity and is oil resistant. I could find no markings on the wire to indicate any NEMA numbers as to specs. One conductor went through the center of one end cap and the other conductor was the tube itself. The schematic I know of for this speaker does not have the external tube at a ground potential but it is floating. That is dangerous but then Brown did lose a finger in a lathe accident so I don't believe he was all that...or it was George Leach not knowing what the hell he was doing.
I doubt it worked very well if at all.
Mikado
I would like to add my opinion of the device and what transpired with the "giving" of the speaker.
We were sitting in a room and Andrew came out with this pole. He mentioned that he had been carrying it around with him and he was tired of having it and asked if anyone wanted it. I knew I didn't want it and just said as much. The others in the room said the same thing. Andrew had said that no one really wanted it and he was just going to dispose of it. With that, Plad said he would be honored to take it.
That is how it went down.
As to the speaker, I have been told that Linda Leach is demanding it's return and that it has sentimental value to George. If it was so sentimental than why did they/whomever give it away? Why if it is so sentimental to George did he tell Linda Leach that she was wasting her time with all this "stuff" about her father?
So many contradictions.
The speaker from what I observed is an aluminum tube that has nicely machined slots. That is where the "nicely" ends. The end caps do not appear to be able to insulate very well from High Voltage so the amount of HV will be very low and on looking at the amount of insulation I would guess not much over 5 to 10Kv...at best. The wire used for the coil within the tube is regular hookup wire, however, it appears to have a clear cover on it that would indicate that it has a 600 V capacity and is oil resistant. I could find no markings on the wire to indicate any NEMA numbers as to specs. One conductor went through the center of one end cap and the other conductor was the tube itself. The schematic I know of for this speaker does not have the external tube at a ground potential but it is floating. That is dangerous but then Brown did lose a finger in a lathe accident so I don't believe he was all that...or it was George Leach not knowing what the hell he was doing.
I doubt it worked very well if at all.
Mikado