nicam49

But also, if the tranny 'looks' like a bog standard iron-cored jobbie, it might just be an auto transformer... which means the output won't be isolated from the mains.... potentially shocking! (pun intended)

With all that nostalgic talk of Nottingham model/toy shops of yore, no-one mentioned Beecrofts, which were over the hill from Gee Dee's Goose Gate shop, on Pelham Street. When I walked 'into town' in the 50s and 60s I had a double treat of window shopping as both shops' frontages were quite extensive and well stocked.