Mystery Items No. 6, Item 2 of 10.

[jfgw]

What do you think this is? There are some markings and writing that I have blanked out.


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Julian F. G. W.

[monabri]

That's "bubbly" Gordon from Wall St.

[AsleepInYorkshire]

What do you think this is? There are some markings and writing that I have blanked out.


(My image)

Julian F. G. W.

Camouflaged bricks

AiY(D)
Early home cinema equipment?

[monabri]

Flux capacitor, Marty?

[kempiejon]

That's "bubbly" Gordon from Wall St.

I concur.

[GrahamPlatt]

Wall-E

[Mike4]

What do you think this is? There are some markings and writing that I have blanked out.


(My image)

Julian F. G. W.

Camouflaged bricks

AiY(D)

I agree, but it's hard to tell because of that black thing in front, blocking the view.



More seriously its some sort of flow or volume meter, judging by the (disconnected) pipe unions each end.

[jfgw]

It seems that two of you know what it is.

Not camouflaged bricks or anything to do with home cinema, early or otherwise.

Not a flux capacitor, resistor or inductor.

Not Wall-E, F or G.


Julian F. G. W.

[jfgw]

More seriously its some sort of flow or volume meter, judging by the (disconnected) pipe unions each end.

It is not a meter of any sort. It does, I believe, contain a flow sensor within the stainless steel tube. That is not its main function, however, merely a safety feature or interlock.

[monabri]

I'm forever blowing bubbles....sorry, too much curry, how embarrassing.

[jfgw]

I'm forever blowing bubbles....sorry, too much curry, how embarrassing.

You only get one thumbs-up for knowing what it is! You are giving too much away — there haven't been enough guesses yet.

Last year, I had something to repair which had three of these blue things.


Julian F. G. W.

[mc2fool]

Umm ... let's see ... is it a bubble machine?

[servodude]

Umm ... let's see ... is it a bubble machine?

I think it is - or it might remove the need for beans to make bathtime exciting

[UncleEbenezer]

I'm forever blowing bubbles....sorry, too much curry, how embarrassing.

You only get one thumbs-up for knowing what it is! You are giving too much away — there haven't been enough guesses yet.

His guess didn't give anything away to me. And I have a whirlpool-style bath, which I've enjoyed the last three days (postscript here).

[jfgw]

It is not part of a whirlpool bath.

I will explain the Wall Street reference tomorrow night if you identify the item before then.


Julian F. G. W.

[ReformedCharacter]

It's obviously something for calibrating tape measures.

RC

[mc2fool]

It is not part of a whirlpool bath.

I will explain the Wall Street reference tomorrow night if you identify the item before then.


Julian F. G. W.

The Wall St reference, along with some googling, got me to it ... but I think you may be pushing precision against generic parlance with the not part of a whirlpool bath comment. https://bathtubber.com/hot-tub-jacuzzi- ... ifference/

[UncleEbenezer]

Heh.

I followed mc2fool's link, and I'm none the wiser about what name would be correct for my bathtub. It has jets which can blow either water or air at me, but apart from that is just a regular bathtub. I never looked at the internals.

[jfgw]

I normally think of a bath as being a full-body washing facility.
The idea is that you get in sweaty, smelly or dirty and you come out clean. Clean water is discharged into the bath from taps (or a mixer tap) prior to each use and is emptied out afterwards. Any whirlpool or similar feature does not alter the primary purpose, nor designation, of the bath.


Julian F. G. W.

[jfgw]

Here is the unedited photo of the item,

(My image).

The brand is "Gecko" and "Gordon from Wall St." refers to Gordon Gekko from the film "Wall Street".

It is not used for whirlpool baths but is used in the various types of hot tubs. The tube at the bottom with the pipe fittings each end contains a 3kW heater. Different coloured inserts are available for the sockets, and different components with colour-coded and keyed plugs plug into these.

The top row of sockets are switched using relays, and feed such things as the pumps and ozonator. The lower orange socket is unswitched and is labelled Di (direct).

I had a hot tub to repair last year. It is actually two tubs in one fibreglass moulding. One end is a spa pool (with one of these controllers) and the other is a swim spa (with two controllers linked together). It is in a pit with a sump at one end. A pump, controlled by a float, pumps out the sump when it gets full. The two tubs and the sump pump are fed from one dedicated consumer unit, and a power cut during heavy rain meant that the water level rose too high and, when the power came back on, the rcd tripped. All six pump motors were waterlogged and had to be stripped down, pressure washed, and dried in an oven. (I also revarnished them after insulation-testing them.) They all tested fine after reassembly (with new bearings).

One ozonator was waterlogged due to a damaged gland — probably the cause of the rcd tripping. They were both replaced as they have a limited lifespan.

The controllers seem quite rugged internally. A conformal coating meant that the circuit board was not damaged by water, although one relay had to be replaced. One problem found, however, was that corrosion on the fuses and fuse holders was enough to create an open circuit. Cleaning the oxide off with writing paper restored functionality.


Julian F. G. W.