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Old 11-08-13 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
The old DC generators are like dragging an anchor , through the Mud, as a functional light source,
in comparison with the recent AC Bottle Alternators produced now ,By AXA and B&M.

but if you have them just for period correctness and use something else, in the Dark, fine..

+ Incandescent Screw base, 6v 2,4w bulbs are getting as rare as an 1 faced Politician .
As far as I can tell, the old Soubitez were AC machines, not DC. Do you have an example of a DC bottle generator?
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