General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC POWER CORD (NOT ORIGINAL)/ SYNTHETIC & FABRIC? COVERED WIRING/ METAL MUELLER CLIP

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

18.0 cm

Width

13.7 cm

Height

20.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Generation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

General Electric

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1936 - C. 1950

Canada

FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.

Function

DEVICE THAT APPLIES POWER TO CHARGE AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY.

Technical

25 CYCLE BATTERY CHARGER WITH HEAVY DUTY LOW VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER, USED FOR 15-20 YEARS BEFORE LATE 1940S. FROM 1948-1950 ONTARIO UNDERWENT CONVERSION FROM 25 TO 60 CYCLE CURRENT & MANY PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WHICH COULD NOT BE CONVERTED WERE THEN OBSOLETE, INCLUDING THIS ONE (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING "Tungar/ BATTERY CHARGER/ CAT. NO. 279172 25 CYCLES/ VOLTS A.C. 115 AMPS. AC 1.6/ 3 CELLS 2 AMPS 48 CELLS.25 AMP." WITH LICENSING & PATENT INFO & "CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ LIMITED/ TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

CASING PAINTED GLOSSY BLACK/ METALLIC PARTS/ BROWN POWER CORD & WIRE COVERING/ BLACK SYNTHETIC WIRE COVERING

Decoration

CGE LOGO ON MFR.'S PLATE