gimpilator - Oct 31, 2015 8:48 pm - Voted 10/10
Can you tell me...Last winter I encountered a number of these old survey tripods on desert peaks as well as what appeared to be old battery packs and decaying battery tubes. The batteries were extremely old, like nothing I've ever seen before. Most of them were on summits between Las Vegas and the greater Los Angeles area. Do you have any idea what those might have been used for?
Dean - Nov 1, 2015 7:12 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Can you tell me...I don't have an answer for what the battery packs were used for. Maybe John Vitz or Gordon MacLeod might know the answer. Anyone?
gimpilator - Nov 1, 2015 10:16 am - Voted 10/10
Re: Can you tell me...Often all that was left was the graphite rod, however sometimes there was a partially decayed matrix. My guess is that it had something to do with either early radios or telegraph technology. Everything I've looked into suggests 1920's "dry cell" batteries.
gimpilator - Nov 2, 2015 7:51 pm - Voted 10/10
BatteriesHere is a photo of some of the batteries I found. How could I contact John Vitz or Gordon MacLeod to ask them?
Dean - Nov 2, 2015 8:57 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: BatteriesI'll send you John's email addy and then perhaps he can send you Gordon's if John doesn't know. I'll look it up and get it to you in a PM.
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