Meter, watt-hour
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PREPAYMENT/AC/SINGLE PHASE/INDUCTION
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0627.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Compteurs de Genève Soc.
- MODEL
- S1P 1ABS
- LOCATION
- Geneva, Switzerland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 907963
- 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
- 34.0 cm
- Width
- 18.0 cm
- Height
- 13.0 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
- 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 ASPART OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO TEST AND MAINTAIN EXAMPLES OF METERS SOLD COMMERCIALLY IN CANADA. - Function
-
A WATT-HOUR METER WITH A DEVICE INTO WHICH COINS ARE INSERTED, CLOSING THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT TO PROVIDE ENERGY FOR A SPECIFIED LENGTH OF TIME. - Technical
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WAS USED BY ELECTRIC CO. TO MONITOR THE 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. & O:DRIVE SUPP.INFO.) - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READING 'KILOWATT HOURS/ "REX" ELECTRICITY METER/ S1P 1ABS/ 3 WIRE, MONO PHASE, ALTERNATING CURRENT/ 2x220v., 2x25 A, 60 CYCLES/ 4.166 Wh PER REV., SER NO. 907963/ SOCIETE DES COMPTEURS DE GENEVE/ GENEVA, SWITZERLAND'/ PLATE WITH OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS/ GREEN IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'S214'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED CASING/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ PLATED PARTS/ RED & BLACK DIGITAL DIAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Compteurs de Genève Soc., Meter, watt-hour, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1984.0627, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0627.001/
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