1:1 Hartnell/Troughton Console Build

[markofrani]

Although my build has ground to a halt for all kinds of boring reasons, I managed to pick up a couple of rare original knobs on Ebay, exactly like the ones that were used on the main levers of the Brachacki console. Unlike the other versions I have seen and used, these knobs are taller with a narrower base. I've given the measurements in case anybody wants to copy them...




KNOB diameter: 62mm, thickness 11mm


BASE 28mm diameter, Height 16mm

From The Power Of The Daleks....

[markofrani]

Just bought another Hartnell console component on Ebay! Been looking for these for ages. I think they were fitted on the Troughton console quite late on, but they are still there in Ambassadors From Death. Anyway, for anybody seeking these they are a 2-pin unswitched surface socket...

[fivefingeredstyre]

Good catch, I can't say I recall noticing them I'd never noticed their hasty installation on the console before and they are a real blast from the past for me.

They were primarily used for domestic lighting circuits - designed to separate standard lamps and the like from from the larger ring main socket outlet circuit. They were really common in houses between the 50's and - I'd guess- late 60's. I say guess, as I was born in 1970 and I've never lived in a house that has had them fitted and functional.

When I started out as an Electrician back in the mid to late 80's we used to remove them wholesale (usually with the aid of a big hammer) every time we did a re-wire...