Score! How may amps can it do?
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Says 3 amps on the back.
I have a Radio Shack version that was my Dad's. Probably from the late 70s. It's in my garage, somewhere. I used it to power air solenoid valves for a Halloween jump-scare I built.
I think it's one of those "12V" supplies that's actually 13.8V, or the nominal car battery voltage. I guess people used these to power 1970's car electronics like CBs?