General Information

Serial #

5132

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BASE, FIELD STRUCTURE & CORES, AND BEARING BLOCKS ARE CAST IRON. STEEL HARDWARE. FIELD COILS, INSULATED COPPER WIRE. ARMATURE, INSULATED COPPER BARS. COMMUTATORS, COPPER WITH MICA INSULATION. BRUSH HOLDERS, MOUNTING SHAFTS AND HARDWARE ARE BRONZE. CARBON BRUSHES. CAST IRON MOUNTING SPIDERS. STEEL SHAFT WITH BRONZE BEARINGS. BEARINGS ARE SUMP LUBRICATED WITH A FLOATING DISPERSAL RING. WOODEN POWER DISTRIBUTION BLOCK HAS COPPER CONNECTING BLOCKS.

Dimensions

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

Length

157.0 cm

Width

43.0 cm

Height

48.0 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

Connecticut

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Irvington

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF GENERATOR USED C. 1900- 1920.

Canada

PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND ISTHOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992.

Function

TO PRODUCE DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRIC ENERGY FROM ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF DOUBLE COMMUTATOR DESIGN GENERATOR MFD. AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's plate mounted on casing reads: " IMPROVED AMERICAN/ GIANT DYNAMO/ MANUFACTURED BY THE/ CONNECTICUT DYNAMO & / MOTOR CO./ IRVINGTON, N.J./ TYPE G/ SIZE E E AMPERES 2 KW/ R.P.M. 1250 NO. 5132 ".

Missing

GENERATOR IS COMPLETE HOWEVER IT IS NOT PAIRED WITH A CONTEMPORARY MOTOR, AND THIS UNIT COULD NOT OPERATE AS A MOTOR & GENERATOR SET.

Finish

BASE, BEARING BLOCKS AND FIELD STRUCTURE HAVE BLACK ENAMEL FINISH. RED ENAMEL FINISH ON FIELD AND ARMATURE WINDINGS. NATURAL COPPER COMMUTATORS. BRUSH HOLDERS, MOUNTING SHAFTS AND MISC. BRUSH HARDWARE HAVE NATURAL BRONZE FINISH. BRUSH MOUNTING SPIDER IS BLACK:PLATED ADJUSTABLE HANDLES. (NB RUST APPARENT BENEATH PLATING)

Decoration

N/A