Bakelite Wotsit ?

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Bakelite Wotsit ?

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I bought a job-lot of old radio gear and this item was included.
Any ideas what it is? The wand part is bakelite but the very end surface is flat copper.
Might not necessarily be radio related mind you.
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Plug end.
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could be a heater or soldering iron ..
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Frequency counter probe ?
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Feels too light too be a solder iron or heater really, and it's bakelite right down to the tip, so probably wouldn't be built for heat. Frequency probe is maybe a good shout. A google search for bakelite probe brings up things called violet ray wands which which look kinda similar.. I'll probably never know
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It's an anal vibrator from 1948, hope that helps.
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Admiral wrote:It's an anal vibrator from 1948, hope that helps.
Aye, and you can stick that suggestion right up your a*se :lol:
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If it's a soldering device then it looks like you could repair tank tracks with the thing.
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Looks like a high voltage probe to me.
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Given its apparent age would think originally used with valve equipment
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My old Marconi sig gen has a similar 2 pin plug on the back pannel marked Probe .
Looks more like a temperature probe to me but might be soil acidity or Geiger counter or --
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Try a multi meter across the plug then dip it in hot water .
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Dragonfly wrote:Try a multi meter across the plug then dip it in hot water .
Good idea, but the plot thickens.. there's no continuity between the pins at all (hot or cold) and neither is there any connection to the copper tip. There's no way of opening it either than I can see
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it looks like an earthing rod
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