Standard, watt/watt-hour
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1970–1979
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0204.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Scientific Columbus
- MODEL
- DL 6289
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1612
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN FIBRE [?] CASE WITH FAUX WOOD GRAIN COVERING AND METALHARDWARE/ SYNTHETIC TOP PANEL AND KNOBS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.0 cm
- Width
- 19.0 cm
- Height
- 23.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Electricity
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Scientific
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS ONE USED IN THE 1970S AND 1980S. CALIBRATION DATES 1978 TO 1980
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED AT THE STANDARDS LABORATORY - Function
-
USED AS A STANDARD TO TEST WATT AND WATT-HOUR METERS - Technical
-
INDUSTRY PRODUCES STANDARD DEVICES WHICH CAN BE TRACED BACK TO STANDARDS DEVELOPED AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS FOR TESTING, IN THIS CASE, WATT AND WATTHOUR METERS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S LABEL: 'WATT/WATTHOUR STANDARD/ Type DL Model No. 6289 Serial No. 1612/ 5A 120/240V 60HZ CAL. WATTS 600/1200/ OUTPUTS (AT CAL. WATTS)/ PULSE OUTPUTS (Wh)/ HI 1000 P/Kp PINS H & J/ MED 100 P/Kp PINS E & F/ LO 1 P/Kp PINS D & C/ CASE GROUND PIN K/ Kp = 1.0/2.0 Wh/ EXTERNAL POWER/ 95-135 Vac. 50/60 Hz/ ANALOG (Watts)/ 1.2mA dc into 0-5K ohms/ U.S. Patent 3,794,917. Other Pat. Pending/ ANALOG OUTPUT MUST BE TERMINATED/ (0-5k ohms) AT ALL TIMES/ E [LOGO] SCIENTIC COLUMBUS/ AN ESTERLINE COMPANY'/ METAL PLATE: 'Consumer and/ Corporate Affairs/ NO. L1027/ STANDARDS/ LABORATORY'/ ON PANEL: 'SCIENTIFIC COLUMBUS/ AN ESTERLINE COMPANY/ WATT/ 'WATTHOUR STANDARD MODEL 6289/ [DESIGNATIONS AROUND PLUGS]'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/20/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - missing power cord, missing one rubber foot
- Finish
- SIMULATED WOOD COVERING ON CASE/ SHINY BLACK TOP PANEL/ RED AND BLACK KNOBS/ LARGE BLACK AND SILVER DECAL ON FRONT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Scientific Columbus, Standard, watt/watt-hour, between 1970–1979, Artifact no. 1997.0204, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1997.0204.001/
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