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OBJECT TYPE
REGULATED/TUBE
DATE
1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1966.0371.001
MANUFACTURER
Northern Electric
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Montreal, Quebec, 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
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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