Power plant
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REGULATED/TUBE
- DATE
- 1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0371.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WELDED ANGLE IRON FRAME/ SHEET STEEL PANELS/ BAKELITE PANELS/ METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 83.0 cm
- Width
- 45.5 cm
- Height
- 205.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Northern Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1945-1970
- Canada
-
DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED IN CANADA - Function
-
PROVIDES A NON INTERRUPTED 48 VOLT POWER SOURCE AND 20HZ RINGING CURRENT FOR A SMALL STEP BY STEP TELEPHONE OFFICE. GENERALLY A PBX (PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE) - Technical
-
THIS SERIES WAS THE BEGINNING OF AUTOMATIC REGULATING POWER SYSTEMS/ PRIOR TO THIS BATTERIES WERE MAINTAINED ON A 'FLOAT' SYSTEM USING MOTOR GENERATORS TO SUPPLY DC TO CHARGE THE BATTERIES/ CHARGE RATES WERE ESTABLISHED BY MEASURING THE WATER LOSS IN THE BATTERIES/ CONSIDERABLE HOURS OFMAINTENANCE WERE SAVED - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATES: 'Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ REGULATED TUBE RECTIFIER/ MODEL NO. J86207K-FL-1/ MADE IN CANADA' 'INPUT/ 50-60 CYCLES/ 105- 125 VOLTS/ 3 AMPS/ OUTPUT/ 34-48 VOLTS/ 3 AMPS CONT/ 3 AMPS INTR'/ 'Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ MADE IN CANADA'/ MOTOR PLATE:'Western Electric/ USA/INVERTER CONVERTER/ PATENTED/ MADE BY/ Janette Mfg. Co./ CHICAGO, ILL., U.S.A./TYPE CS13...'/ ON BACK:'SUB-CYCLE/ STATIC FREQUENCY CONVERTER/ KS 5523 LIST NO.01/ LORAIN PRODUCTS CORPORATION/ LORAIN, OHIO, U.S.A./ MODEL B SERIAL 7685'/ 'JEFFERSON/ TRANSFORMER/ CAT. NO. 231/101/.../ CANADIAN JEFFERSON ELECTRIC CO./TORONTO CANADA VOLTMETER-'WESTERN ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT CORP, NEWARK, NJ/ MODEL 301'/ 'WESTERN ELECTRIC RELAY'
- Missing
- BATTERIES/ BALLAST LAMPS/ THYRATRON TRIGGERTUBE/ MISC. CONNECTING BLOCKS & WIRING/ SUPPORT BOARDS FOR BATTERIES REMOVED & DISPOSED OF
- Finish
- MAIN CASE, LIGHT GREY ENAMEL/ RECTIFIER & SPARE PANEL, GREEN TINTED GRAY/ FUSE PANEL, NATURAL BLACK BAKELITE
- Decoration
- N/A
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