Al from UK. Rheostat help required with watch cleaner.

[HairyAL]

Good afternoon everyone. I hope you are all well. I have been contacted by an elderly gentleman who is looking for a replacement Rheostat for his British made Electric watch cleaner.

The information i have for it is that it is based off frame No' 20, 

HP .006 motor

230 volts

50 cycles.

Please see below a pic of the Rheostat in question. Would anyone know the values of it in order for me to match them up with a possible replacement.

 TIA, 

Have a great day everyone.

 Al

 

[tomh207]

Personally I doubt it. It doesn’t look like anything I recognise and I worked in electronics/electrical engineering 8 years or so back in the 70’s/80’s.

 

you may struggle with this one unless you have a part number and the manufacturer to find a possible modern manufacturer.

 

 

[RichardHarris123]

My knowledge is limited but I believe you need a rheostat that is rated at 240V minimum and the correct power (W). Do you mean. 006 horse power, if so about 4.5 W so 5W will suffice. 

[tomh207]

28 minutes ago, RichardHarris123 said:

My knowledge is limited but I believe you need a rheostat that is rated at 240V minimum and the correct power (W). Do you mean. 006 horse power, if so about 4.5 W so 5W will suffice. 

It’s not necessarily as simple as you put it Richard, I doubt very much that that motor would be 5W, wouldn’t pull a kipper off a plate

 

Tom

[RichardHarris123]

6 minutes ago, tomh207 said:

wouldn’t pull a kipper off a plate

I agree but wondered if the HP .006 meant. 006 horse power and I accept it's probably not as simple as that.  

Is the rating printed anywhere on the rheostat? 

[Darthkram]

Looks exactly the same as the one from my National Electric watch cleaner.

Can't help exactly but the max resistance on mine is approx 2500 ohm, let me know if you'd like me to try measure something else.

[HairyAL]

Morning everyone. Thanks for your help.

 I think Darthkram may be on to something here. Apparently yes it is a national electric watch cleaner. 2500 gives me somewhere to start. Thanks so much everyone.