Vintage Schneider DC Power Supply For Antique Battery Radios * Tested & Working For Sale

If you're an uncompromising collector of antique technology, make sure to check out all my listings after you look at this one. I don't think you'll find a better, broader or more balanced assortment of technical antiques anywhere -- hundreds of listings each year, almost all of them featuring eye-popping "gee whiz" gadgetry in exceptional original condition. And don't forget, you can click this link to quickly add and then save me to your favorite seller list and will automatically send you updates when I put similar new listings online.Here's a vintage, high quality, regulated DC power supply hand-built by Gary Schneider in Ohio back in the early 80's. It was designed to be used with 20's era battery radios, and it has a metered "A" supply that runs from 1 to 7 volts (adjustable with a knob), as well as 5 fixed outputs each for B+ and C-.As you can see by looking at the photos, these power supplies were pretty "steampunk" looking, even though steampunk wasn't actually a word when Gary was building them -- much less a movement. Condition is excellent, and everything is working, including the meter.The power supply does not appear to have seen much use over the past 45 years, and it should suit any battery radio set-up nicely.Measures approximately 12" x 7" x 4". Shipping weight, properly packed, will be about 12 lb.In the video above, for demonstration purposes, the power supply is connected to a Michigan Senior battery radio and a vintage Thorophone horn speaker. The speaker and the radio are being listed separately this week, along with several other items. You are buying only the power supply.I'm one of 's best known, most highly regarded sellers of technical collectibles and technical antiques. I've been selling and shipping them for more than 25 years. When you purchase an item from me, you can rest assured that your purchase will arrive safely because it's been carefully packed (by me, not by some well-intentioned but nonetheless confounded, doe-eyed teenager working at the UPS store who wouldn't know a radio from a radiator), Sure, you can probably get a lower price from Mr. & Mrs. Barn-Find, but when your "bargain" arrives broken, and without any hint of how you might be able to put it back together, you'll realize that you really do get exactly what you pay for.