Funny you should mention that because the office I work in IS a Faraday cage! We have to use bi-directional amplifiers to pipe in enough signal for our cellphones to work!
Awesome. Your series just gave me the confidence to start on my type D box tonight! Similar condition, mine is #1189 and the serial is just a few hundred different as well. Did you use kerosene soaking to clean everything including the counter dials? I may have some other questions to post in the comments as well!
I'm glad you're finding the series helpful! Yes, I used kerosene to soak everything including the counter dials. I'll be glad to help with any knowledge I have gleaned. I'm a newbie to the world of fare boxes myself but I've learned a lot in a few short weeks and just finished a full restoration on a D box for an actual paying customer, taking it from completely locked up and broken to smooth operation.
you seem like the kind of guy who would have his own faraday cage just to play with 😁
Funny you should mention that because the office I work in IS a Faraday cage! We have to use bi-directional amplifiers to pipe in enough signal for our cellphones to work!
better to live in a faraday cage than a ferret cage i suppose 😝
@@sr77400 funny you should mention that because around here we celebrate National Ferret Day by working in a cage from 8 to 5...
Awesome. Your series just gave me the confidence to start on my type D box tonight! Similar condition, mine is #1189 and the serial is just a few hundred different as well. Did you use kerosene soaking to clean everything including the counter dials? I may have some other questions to post in the comments as well!
I'm glad you're finding the series helpful! Yes, I used kerosene to soak everything including the counter dials. I'll be glad to help with any knowledge I have gleaned. I'm a newbie to the world of fare boxes myself but I've learned a lot in a few short weeks and just finished a full restoration on a D box for an actual paying customer, taking it from completely locked up and broken to smooth operation.