Tester, battery
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0705.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Burgess Battery Co.
- MODEL
- 61
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Silver metal frame (tin?); glass window; synthetic covered electrode.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.0 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- 2.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Burgess
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Checks the power level of ordinary dry cell batteries. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Following markings appear on tester front: 'BURGESS/CAUTION TO AVOID DAMAGING TESTER/DO NOT USE 1.5V OR 9V PRONGS TO/TEST HIGHER VOLTAGE BATTERIES/+45 +7.5/+67.5 +9 +1.5'/'BATTERY TESTER/NO.61' and 5 graduated scales also appear on front/ Following information appears on label affixed to back of tester: ‘IMPORTANT/ Use (+) prong with same/ voltage reading as battery to be/ tested. Green lead is common negative./ CAUTION: To avoid damaging test[er] do [no]t/ use 1.5v., 7.5v or 9v prongs to test higher/ voltage batteries. Manufacturer's warranty is/ VOID is tester is used to test higher voltage battery/ with lower voltage prong./ The needle will read in or past the green area/ corresponding to the rated battery voltage/ when the battery is satisfactory for use./ BURGESS BATTERY COMPANY/ For service or repair send to/ The Sterling Manufacturing Company/ Cleveland, Ohio/ Made in U.S.A.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Frame is chrome finished; glass is clear; green plastic covering on wire.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Burgess Battery Co., Tester, battery, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1985.0705, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1985.0705.001/
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