Meter, watt-hour
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REVENUE/AC/INDUCTION
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0552.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sangamo Electric Co.
- MODEL
- GUTMANN
- LOCATION
- Springfield, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 6082
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.2 cm
- Width
- 17.0 cm
- Height
- 16.2 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
- Sangamo
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Springfield
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
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A METER WHICH INTEGRATES, OR SUMS UP, THE SUCCESSIVE VALUES OF POWER SUPPLIED THROUGH IT TO A DISTRIBUTING CIRCUIT & REGISTERS THE SUMS OF THESE VALUES IN COMMERCIAL UNITS; IT MEASURES THE TOTAL ENERGY USED (REF.2) - Technical
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WAS USED BY ELECTRIC CO. TO MONITOR THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY USED FOR BILLING PURPOSES. AS SUCH, IT WAS OFTEN PLACED OUTSIDE HOME OR IN BASEMENT. CONSEQUENTLY, THE ACCURACY OF SUCH INSTRUMENTS, WHILE SUFFICIENTLY HIGH FOR THE PURPOSE, IS NOT SO IMPORTANT A FACTOR AS PERHAPS...(*CONT'D IN SUPP.INFO. & O:DRIVE SUPP. INFO.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READING 'GUTMANN RECORDING WATTMETER/ VOLTS 100, AMPERES 5, CYCLES 60/ SANGAMO ELECTRIC COMPANY/ SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, U.S.A.'/ INCISED 'NO. 6082'/ GREEN IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'S83'/ GREY PAINTED '010'
- Missing
- MISSING MOST OF THE INNER MACHINERY INCLUDING SCALE.
- Finish
- ROUGH GREY FINISH ON CASING COVER/ BLACK PAINTED CASING BASE; BLACK SYNTHETIC/ WHITE DIAL/ HAS BLACK METAL BASE. 3 SOCKETS IN BOTTOM. IN FRONT, GREY METAL PLATE OVER SOCKETS WITH 'IN', 'SHUNT' & 'OUT'. EACH WORD POSITIONED OVER A SOCKET. COVER MADE OF GREY METAL & LOOKS LIKE HALF A CUBE WITH LARGE BULGE. BELOW BULGE, IS A PLAQUE. ABOVE IT, A GLASS PANEL WHERE DISPLAY IS SUPPOSED TO BE. COVER IS HELD BY TWO SCREWS IN THE BACK.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Sangamo Electric Co., Meter, watt-hour, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1984.0552, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0552.001/
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