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OBJECT TYPE: REGULATED/TUBE
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0371.001

MANUFACTURER: Northern Electric
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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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: Québec
City: Montréal

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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Northern Electric, Power plant, circa 1945, Artifact no. 1966.0371, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0371.001/

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