he wouldn't know, it was fed from an army place a mile away...
Most unusal thing found in a wall
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The power module was a large transformer and the rectifiers were either copper oxide or selenuim with plates about a foot square.
The demolition people recognised the incoming cable as military and found its general direction buried across a field and the nearby military establishment had the other end. A notice on the MEM box instructed it was not to be turned off but no (accessable) records of where it went had been kept.
The location was on the Essex coast and the belief is it was a covert radio station or similar giving the appearance of a cottage for a farm worker to all but the most invasive enquiry.
The demolition people recognised the incoming cable as military and found its general direction buried across a field and the nearby military establishment had the other end. A notice on the MEM box instructed it was not to be turned off but no (accessable) records of where it went had been kept.
The location was on the Essex coast and the belief is it was a covert radio station or similar giving the appearance of a cottage for a farm worker to all but the most invasive enquiry.
wrapped it in insulating tape and buried it, I bet 
Some people would have used it as a free source of bootleg electricity.
Some of the "secret installation" supplies are deliberately not shown on network diagrams, and so are very likely to be forgotten about.
Some people would have used it as a free source of bootleg electricity.
Some of the "secret installation" supplies are deliberately not shown on network diagrams, and so are very likely to be forgotten about.
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Crafty said:
From the mists of memory the MEM switch at the far end of the cable (in the power hut of the military base) was turned off for the first time since the war and I guess when no one complained it was removed.
As John mentioned the "secret installations" had some ingenious cover stories.
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The most interesting wall I every had to chase out in a house appeared to be constructed of woven straw and plaster of paris. Getting decent fixings was a bit of a laff, I can tell you!
Happy easter
SB
Happy easter
SB
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Indeed ricicle, although I always get that word mixed up with woad - maybe it's wishful thinking about Mel Gibson!!
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Errol, the boxer ?
tim west said:
Linford or John
festa said:Agatha?
That's a novel one
Hi Bernard,
All i can think about is what size the cable from the base to the cottage would be, how long the run was and what the volt drop was. Sad i know but do you remember any details like what the cable type was, fuse rating of the mem isolator etc?
All the best
Dan
All i can think about is what size the cable from the base to the cottage would be, how long the run was and what the volt drop was. Sad i know but do you remember any details like what the cable type was, fuse rating of the mem isolator etc?
All the best
Dan
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