Test set, transistor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRANSISTOR ANALYSER
- DATE
- 1958
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0413.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HICKOK ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO.
- MODEL
- 850
- LOCATION
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 23810467
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SHEET METAL CASING/ ALUMINUM FRONT PANEL/ CLEAR PLASTIC DC CURRENT METER COVERS/ PLASTIC METER HOUSING, KNOBS & PLUGS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 41.7 cm
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 35.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HICKOK
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Cleveland
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1959 through 1972
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
To evaluate the current gain of bipolar transistors. - Technical
-
When Transistors began to replace tubes, the technicians and test set manufacturers assumed they would perform similar to tubes and have a finite lifespan; thus, the need for a transistor tester to replace the tube tester. Since transistors do not age like tubes, the transistor tester quickly became obsolete. (From Notes tab) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON FRONT OF MFR'S PLATE: 'INPUT B2 E B C OUTPUT/ R1 (DIAL) 0 TO OPEN EB C NPN (DIAL) 0 TO OPEN R3/ CONFIGURATION SELECTOR CE PNP C PNP CC PNP CE NPNCB NP N CC NPN/ (METERS) 0 TO 100/ D.C. CURRENT/ THE HICKOK ELECTRICAL INSTRU- MENT CO., CLEVELAND, OHIO/ HICKOK MODEL 850 (C)/ TRANSISTOR ANALYZER/ R2 (DIAL)0 TO OPEN/ METER RESISTANCE/ B1 B2/ BATTERY/ VOLTAGE E1/ BATTERY/ VOLTAGE E2/ INPUT & OUTPUT METER RANGE 10 TO 1 METER RESISTANCE/ COPYRIGHT 1958'/ ON BACK: 'HICKOK (WITH LIGHTNING BOLTS) SERIAL NO/ 23810467/ SPECIFY SERIAL NO. WHEN ORDERING REPLACEMENT PARTS/ THE HICKOK ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO./ 10514 DUPONT AVE. CLEVELAND 8, OHIO'
- Missing
- 10 D CELL BATTERIES (ORIGINALS REMOVED - 2 CAT. AS SP0768.9)
- Finish
- CASE, BLUE HAMMERLIN ENAMEL/ FACE PANEL, SILVERGREY LOW GLOSS ENAMEL/ DESIGNATIONS & CIRCUIT DIAGRAM BLACK (SILK SCREENED)
- Decoration
- N/A
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HICKOK ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CO., Test set, transistor, circa 1958, Artifact no. 1978.0413, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0413.001/
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