01-31-2015, 06:01 PM
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Officially Middle-Aged Rocketeer
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 1,356
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How does one respond to something like this?
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Originally Posted by SEL
I won this Centuri EFC-66 Launch Controller on Ebay a couple of weeks ago. I'll need to re-wire it, but, considering its age (it was available between '65 and '68) I probably would have had to replace it anyway. I won the EFC-44 Controller( photo #3, available in 1964 )7 or 8 years ago and the wiring fell apart in my hands as I unraveled it.
S.
Edit: I meant to include a pic of the Controller from the '65 Centuri catalogue:
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I ventured out to a Radio Shack this morning for some zip cord and a jack to re-wire the ECF-66 launch Controller:
RS Employee: "Can I help you?"
Me: "Yeah, I need some 18 gauge zip cord. Do you sell it in bulk?"
RS Employee: "What"?
Me: "I need to buy some zip cord - zip wire. You might call it 'Lamp Cord'."
RS Employee: (Scratching his head) "......... uh..."
Me: (Trying to ease his distress - this really seemed to make his head hurt.) "Lamp Cord. You know, the cord that comes out of the base of a lamp, and plugs into the wall socket? I need about 35'."
RS Employee: "Umm, jeeze,... no, we don't carry anything like that. We just have Speaker Wire."
I didn't bother to ask about Nichrome Wire.
S.
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