Test set, power equipment
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AMMETER
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0569.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Weston Electrical Dist. Corp.
- MODEL
- 280
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 113413
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL CASE WITH BAKELITE BASE, GLASS METER WINDOW, STEEL METER CALIBRATED FACE WITH MIRRORED SCALE, STEEL MAGNET ASSEMBLY, INSULATED COPPER MAGNET WIRE METER MOVEMENT COIL, MISC.SCREWS, BRACKETS AND METER BEARINGS/ 4 BRASS THUMB NUT TERMINALS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.1 cm
- Width
- 11.4 cm
- Height
- 3.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Weston
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Newark
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920-1940
- Canada
-
THIS ARTIFACT WAS USED BY THE CANADIAN OVERSEAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. - Function
-
A GENERAL PURPOSE BENCH AMMETER USED TO ADJUST POWER EQUIPMENT AND TEST TO LOCATE TROUBLE SOURCE ON FAILED EQUIPMENT - Technical
-
ARTIFACT IS A DUPLICATE OF 841029, 841034 AND 841032.003 - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- METER CALIBRATED 0-5; 0-25; 0-2.5/ TERMINALS DESIGNATED: '2.5 Amps/ 5 Amps/ 25 Amps'/ MFG. PLATE READS: 'WESTON AMMETER/ PATENTED/ JUL 10, '94 NOV 20, '94/ JAN 20, '96 OCT. 4 '98/ JUL. 16'01 JUL.31'17/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING/ MODEL 280 NO. 113413/ WESTON ELEC. INST. CORP. NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A.'
- Missing
- From CA of 10/16/1996 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete
- Finish
- CASE, GLOSS BLACK ENAMEL. BASE, BLACK BAKELITE. METER SCALE, WHITE WITH BLACK CALIBRATION WITH MIRRORED SECTION
- Decoration
- N/A
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Weston Electrical Dist. Corp., Test set, power equipment, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1976.0569, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1976.0569.001/
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