Meter, watt-hour
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REVENUE/AC/SINGLE PHASE/INDUCTION/3 WIRE
- DATE
- 1928
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0626.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Compteurs de Genève Soc.
- MODEL
- SIP 1AB
- LOCATION
- Geneva, Switzerland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 797884
- 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
- 21.5 cm
- Width
- 14.3 cm
- Height
- 12.6 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
- Compteurs
- Country
- Switzerland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Geneva
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 OF POWER SUPPLIED THROUGH IT TO A DISTRIBUTING CIRCUIT AND REGISTERS THE SUMS OF THESE VALUES IN COMMERCIAL UNITS; IT MEASURES THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY USED. - Technical
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WAS USED BY THE ELECTRIC CO. TO MONITOR AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY USED FOR BILLING PURPOSES. AS SUCH, WAS OFTEN PLACED OUTSIDE HOME OR IN BASEMENT. CONSEQUENTLY, ACCURACY OF SUCH INSTRUMENTS, WHILE SUFFICIENTLY HIGH FOR PURPOSE, IS NOT IMPORTANT A FACTOR AS PERHAPS... (*CONT'D IN SUPP.INFO. FILE & O:DRIVE SUPP.INFO.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READING 'KILOWATT HOURS/ "REX" ELECTRICITY METER S1P 1AB/ 3 WIRE, 1 PHASE, ALTERNATING CURRENT/ 2x110 V., 2x25A, 60 CYCLES/ 1 rev = 2.222 WH, SER. NO. 797884/ SOCIETE DES COMPTEURS DE GENEVE/ GENEVA, SWITZERLAND'/ GREEN IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'S234'/ GREY PAINTED '167A'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED CASING/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ WHITE DIAL WITH BLACK MARKINGS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Compteurs de Genève Soc., Meter, watt-hour, after 1928, Artifact no. 1984.0626, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0626.001/
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