Regulator, voltage

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OBJECT TYPE: GENERATOR/2 STEP/AUTOMATIC
DATE: 1938
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0649.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: VR-1
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 STEEL BASE; METAL CAP & PARTS; PAPER COVERED INSULATION; FIBRE-BOARD; CARBON COMPOUND RESISTOR/.2 CARDBOARD

Dimensions

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

Length: 9.9 cm
Width: 9.5 cm
Height: 9.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Automotive engineering
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1938
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: ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SWITCHING DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY MONITORING & ADJUSTING VOLTAGE & CURRENT OUTPUT OF GENERATOR USED TO PRODUCE ELECTRIC CURRENT IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.
Technical: MARKETING OF REPLACEMENT VOLTAGE REGULATORS AS WELL AS OTHER AUTO- ELECTRIC PARTS WAS DOMINATED FROM LATE 1930S TO 1950S BY NEW GENERATION OF AGGRESSIVE AUTO-ELECTRIC JOBBERS & RE-MFRS. TWO SUCH COMPANIES WERE ASCO OF TORONTO, HAMILTON & MONTREAL & ALLANSON ARMATURE OF TORONTO (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .2 BLACK LETTERING READING "VR-1"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE - BOX IN POOR CONDITION WITH LID DETACHED
Finish: .1 GALVANIZED BASE; GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED CAP/.2 GREEN
Decoration: .2 BLACK STRIPING

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Unknown Manufacturer, Regulator, voltage, circa 1938, Artifact no. 1997.0649, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/item/1997.0649.001/

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