CH Disassembly/Assembly Line - en Masse

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CH Disassembly/Assembly Line - en Masse

Postby khardy on Sun May 19, 2013 1:29 pm


Howdy Folks,

As mentioned in another thread, we picked up some old Crouse Hinds lights which include two horizontals with the electrical box that afixes to a post.

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These lights have been sitting in a junk lot for 25 years. A good bit of the paint has peeled off which will make it easier to clean up. Unfortunately due to sitting in the weather, some of the machine screws will need to be drilled out. There is some rust on steel parts and corrosion on some of the aluminum. A couple of doors on one light was cracked due to the lights being moved and thrown around through the years. One light I had to use a pry bar to lift debris off to remove.

Below are photos of tearing down some of the lights today.

CH type "D" light #1
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CH type "D" light #2
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This light has the tag with Type TSB 113
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The first two lights I took apart were a tease. This next light has a few screws and parts that will need more attention.
CH type "DT" light #3
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Two of the doors are fractured on this light.
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Will have to work on the levers and screws holding the visors inplace.
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and now for the Horizontal-mount CH type "D" light #4
This light saw a bit of abuse. All the sections were loose and as a whole was not ridged.
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At least one stubborn machine screw in each of the door hinges. Will require drilling.
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Electrical connection box cover off.
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Part of the electrical box has a fracture. Probably due to being thown around and having heavy objects dropped on it in the junk lot.
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The other horizontal CH light looks to be in far better condition than the one we just disassembed.

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Re: CH Disassembly/Assembly Line - en Masse

Postby EdT. on Sun May 19, 2013 3:42 pm

Great pics Keith. Looking forward to seeing these guys born again. :thumbsup:
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Re: CH Disassembly/Assembly Line - en Masse

Postby flyboy94a on Sun May 19, 2013 5:38 pm

Looks like you got your work cut out but I'm sure you'll have these signals looking GOOD AS NEW! :yes:
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Postby vaughnsimon on Sun May 19, 2013 5:39 pm

An amazing find.
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Postby 3Mfanatic on Sun May 19, 2013 6:21 pm

Suddenly my DT restoration feels like I got off scot-free. You are one brave man! :hello: Keep us posted! :beg: :good:
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Re: CH Disassembly/Assembly Line - en Masse

Postby LarryC39 on Sun May 19, 2013 8:16 pm

Looks like one of the D's has a porthole reflector in it :scratch:

Did your D's have aluminum reflectors and the DT's glass?
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Re: CH Disassembly/Assembly Line - en Masse

Postby khardy on Sun May 19, 2013 8:34 pm

LarryC39 wrote:Looks like one of the D's has a porthole reflector in it :scratch:

Did your D's have aluminum reflectors and the DT's glass?



Hi Larry,

I don't know what a "porthole reflector" looks like?

Did find one aluminum reflector in a "D" out of the four lights I took apart today. Odd thing is two reflectors from one light were a 1/4 inch thick glass. Will take photos tomorrow of the different reflectors and post here. Do wonder what light the 1/4 inch reflectors originally went with?

As to the lenses, there is a mixture of Smileys, Eagles, some other brands and two plastic. Next Saturday plan to get the Smileys I saw in the two Eagles and see if there are any CH reflectors in those two units. Will need three yellow Smileys before the end of this project.

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Re: CH Disassembly/Assembly Line - en Masse

Postby Old-Timer on Sun May 19, 2013 8:54 pm

khardy wrote:
LarryC39 wrote:Looks like one of the D's has a porthole reflector in it :scratch:

Did your D's have aluminum reflectors and the DT's glass?




I don't know what a "porthole reflector" looks like?

Odd thing is two reflectors from one light were a 1/4 inch thick glass.




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Re: CH Disassembly/Assembly Line - en Masse

Postby khardy on Mon May 20, 2013 7:53 am


Hi Folks,

Are either of these reflectors for "porthole" lights? Or what do they originally go to?

This reflector is 7-7/8 inches in diameter. Hole is 2-5/16 inches in diameter. Concave depth is 2-1/2 inches. Glass looks to be 1/4 inch thick.
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This reflector is 7-13/16 in diameter. Hole is 1-15/32 inches in diameter. Concave depth is 2-1/2 inches. Glass is 7/32 inch thick.
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There is some lettering on the back of the second reflector which we can not make out. Any ideas on what this says?
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Re: CH Disassembly/Assembly Line - en Masse

Postby 64ragtop on Mon May 20, 2013 8:40 am

khardy wrote:[There is some lettering on the back of the second reflector which we can not make out. Any ideas on what this says?
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The first word looks like it says "SABLE" but I'm guessing the stamp actually reads "EAGLE SIGNAL CORPORATION MOLINE ILL"
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