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Originally Posted by transmaster
It is to bad you couldn't put together the original "Farm Radio" setup. My Great Grandfather Billings had a Zenith setup it consisted of the Radio, a Zenith branded 32 volt Windcharger , and batteries. I remember the derelict setup as a kid about 1960. REA came in and The Wincharger Corporation, owned by Zenith, saw their market vanish. Windcharger built branded wind chargers, and Radio Chargers, for others, including Silvertone.
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I have a zenith wincharger . most were 6 volt for the radio batteries only. they did build a 32 volt set up for lighting and some appliances. delco, Johnson iron horse, & a few others also built and sold small gas powered generators as another way to charge the radio batteries for rural use.