By: Beaufighter VI - 26th July 2012 at 13:24
Did look for en electrical feed on the outside but so used to seeing it on the side with German aircraft, can now see it had a plug in at the bottom.
No idea what the face would have looked like without cover removed.
Mark
What you are looking at is standard British external power socket which rotates, switching you from external to internal power and vice/versa. Common to all Brit. types in that period.
By: shepsair - 26th July 2012 at 13:12
P40
Did look for en electrical feed on the outside but so used to seeing it on the side with German aircraft, can now see it had a plug in at the bottom.
No idea what the face would have looked like without cover removed.
Thank you one and all.
regards
Mark
By: Beaufighter VI - 26th July 2012 at 12:20
Tom is right, generator control in form of voltage regulator, battery cut out. Relays for ground power and start.
By: Tom_W - 26th July 2012 at 11:43
Hello Mark,
Looks like a box for the electrical system solenoids and what looks like a voltage regulator with an AM ground power plug planted on the bottom.
Not sure if it’s the original fit or whether it has been Anglicised but the solenoids and base of what looks like the regulator are familiar from other US types I’ve seen.
Rgds
Tom
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July 26, 2012 at 10:14 am