Meter, demand watt-hour

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OBJECT TYPE: REVENUE/RECORDING/INTEGRATED
DATE: 1926
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0526.001

MANUFACTURER: Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
MODEL: RA/258103
LOCATION: East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 2744004
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & PARTS/ GLASS/ SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 33.5 cm
Width: 27.0 cm
Height: 17.0 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: Westinghouse
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: East Pittsburgh

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: THIS ONE WAS KEPT AT THE DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE, STANDARDS BRANCH, IN OTTAWA AS PART OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO TEST AND MAINTAIN EXAMPLES OF METERS SOLD COMMERCIALLY IN CANADA.
Function: A COMBINATION METER WHICH MEASURES THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY USED & ALSO PROVIDES A GRAPHIC RECORD OF THE MAXIMUM DEMAND.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE READING 'WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MFG. CO./ PITTSBURG, P.A., U.S.A./ WATTHOUR DEMAND METER TYPE RA/ 5 Amperes, 100 Volts, 60 Cycles/Style No. 258103, Serial No. 2744004/ Full Scale Deflection Equals 1.5 kilowatts, Time Interval 15 minutes' WITH PATENT DATES/ GREEN IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'S125'/ GREY PAINTED '082'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CASING PAINTED BLACK/ WHITE DIAL WITH BLACK MARKINGS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
Decoration: N/A

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Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Meter, demand watt-hour, circa 1926, Artifact no. 1984.0526, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0526.001/

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