Saturday, September 2, 2017

Ne-O-Lite electrical tester



A simple electrical tester. I made one like this in Grade 9 shop class out of a wooden dowel, old ball-point pens and a small neon light. I still have it and it still works:



Interesting that the Neo-O-Lite was marketed to  folks like the "Coin Machine Man."  All those old arcade games had to have someone maintain them.

Radio News, May 1946

The Billboard, Dec 23 1944

I have to wonder if the Central Manufacturing Co. changed its name to the Ne-O-Lite Manufacturing Company.  Rockford is just 90 miles west of Chicago.

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