Meter, kilovar
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0239.006
- MANUFACTURER
- LANDIS & GYR ZUG
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal; glass and plastic components; metal, glass,plastic & bakelite casings.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 45.2 cm
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 16.3 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
- LANDIS
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
System intended to meter total electrical energy and electrical power being used by two separate 3 phase, 4 wire, primary feeders/System most commonly found in large commercial applications such as two separate office buildings belonging to one institution (V. Genovese). - Technical
-
Type sample/these instruments superseded by a metering system in which pulses from the primary meters are put on magnetic tape (V. Genovese). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Markings identical to those on .3 with several exceptions, as listed. Label on window bears following info., handwritten in ink: ‘KVARH/ Feeder 1'. Dymo label on window bears following info.: ‘NOTE - 416V POT COILS'. Plate inside casing, at top, bears information identical to .5 except for following: ‘No. 40811517'. Plate on lower section of casing bears information identical to .5 except for following: ‘No. 40811517'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- All casings black; clear plastic windows.
- Decoration
- N/A
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LANDIS & GYR ZUG, Meter, kilovar, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1986.0239, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0239.006/
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