{"id":1715,"date":"2011-12-19T11:35:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T09:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2011-12-19T18:07:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T16:07:06","slug":"mystery-object","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=1715","title":{"rendered":"Mystery object"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long story short, my Father in Law ended up with Marconi Instruments Ltd No 1 Mark II* signal generator and a dozen boxes of assorted parts. I&#8217;d guess it was an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamuniverse.com\/elmer.html\">Elmer<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Junk_box\">Junkbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/P1250606.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1716\" title=\"P1250606\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/P1250606-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/P1250606-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/P1250606-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t find any information on this on the web. Marked IN 2631 and SI 7545, my best guess is that it might be a solid-state rectifier intended to replace a vacuum tube.<\/p>\n<p>So if Google brings you here and you know more&#8230; that&#8217;s what the comments are for.<\/p>\n<p>Edit: It&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiomuseum.org\/tubes\/tube_1n2631.html\">ONE N 2631<\/a>.<span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:1020,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.hamuniverse.com\\\/elmer.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260515124645\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.hamuniverse.com\\\/elmer.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-31 00:48:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-10 08:46:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-20 06:47:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-04 12:16:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-08 01:53:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-14 20:03:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-14 20:03:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1021,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Junk_box&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260531005340\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Junk_box&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Junk_box&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-10 08:46:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-17 20:41:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-08 01:53:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-14 20:03:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-14 20:03:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1022,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.radiomuseum.org\\\/tubes\\\/tube_1n2631.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250228071223\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.radiomuseum.org\\\/tubes\\\/tube_1n2631.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-31 00:49:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-10 08:46:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-20 06:47:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-04 12:16:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-08 01:53:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-14 20:03:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-14 20:03:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long story short, my Father in Law ended up with Marconi Instruments Ltd No 1 Mark II* signal generator and a dozen boxes of assorted parts. I&#8217;d guess it was an Elmer&#8216;s Junkbox. Can&#8217;t find any information on this on the web. Marked IN 2631 and SI 7545, my best guess is that it might be a solid-state rectifier intended to replace a vacuum tube. So if Google brings you here and you know more&#8230; that&#8217;s what the comments are for. 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