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- OBJECT TYPE
- AC-DC/BIPOLAR
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2157.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER, STEEL, CAST IRON AND POSSIBLY OTHER METALMATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. FABRIC COVERING ON WINDINGS ARE LACQUERED AND PAINTED.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 93.0 cm
- Width
- 71.0 cm
- Height
- 56.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO DELIVER BOTH AC AND DC POWER, OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. - Technical
-
ALTHOUGH MADE THE SAME WAY AS A ROTARY CONVERTER, IT DELIVERS DC FROM THE COMMUTATOR END AND AC FROM THE COLLECTOR RINGS. IT CAN DELIVER EITHER ALL DC CURRENT, OR ALL AC CURRENT, OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. IT IS USEFUL WHEN ONE PART OF THE OUTPUT OF A PLANT NEEDS DC NEAR AT HAND, AND PART NEEDS AC FOR TRANSMISSION TO DISTANT POINTS. IT HEATS UP MORE THAN A ROTARY CONVERTER BECAUSE IN BOTH ENDS, IT ACTS AS A GENERATOR. BOTH ENDS ARE SEPARATELY EXCITED TO ENSURE A STABLE FIELD. (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- No mfr's markings on generator. Decal applied to housing top reads "THE HYDRO/ HISTORICAL/ ELECTRICAL/ COLLECTION". Red dymo tape label reads "MC.12.1".
- Missing
- UNKNOWN.
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL FINISH ON MOST EXTERIOR SURFACES. POLE WINDINGS HAVE BEEN PAINTED RED-BROWN. SOME COMPONENTS HAVE NATURAL METAL FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Generator, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2157, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2157.001/
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