Ammeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AC/CLAMP/FIELD DRIVEN
- DATE
- 1941
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0355.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Weston Electrical Instrument Corp.
- MODEL
- 633
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2086
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASE/ METAL MAGNET & WORKING PARTS/ 'RUBBER' MAGNETCOVERING/ GLASS FACE COVER/ SYNTHETIC & METAL CABLES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.0 cm
- Width
- 10.0 cm
- Height
- 6.5 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
- Weston
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Newark
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED REGULARLY IN CANADA - Function
-
TO MEASURE AC CURRENT OUTPUT - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF AMMETER DESIGNED TO ALLOW CURRENT MEASUREMENT IN A CIRCUIT WITHOUT HAVING TO BREAK OR OPEN THE CIRCUIT./ THE ADVANTAGE OF THE CLAMP AMMETER IS CLEAR. IT ENABLES THE UNOBSTRUSIVE MEASUREMENT OF THE INTENSITY OF A CIRCUIT. THIS IS USUALLY DIFFICULT AS AMMETERS MUST BE CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH THE CIRCUIT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON DIAL FACE: 'WESTON ELEC. INST. CORP. NEWARK, N.J. U.S.A./ MODEL 633 NO. 2086/ TYPE A1/ PAT. 1,640,335 1,746,935/ AMPERES A.C./ 100 200 300 400/ 0 50 100 150 200 250/ 0 20 40 60 80 100'/ EMBOSSED ON HANDLE TOP: '10 25 50 100 250 500'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK CASE/ WHITE DIAL FACE WITH RED & BLACK PRINTING/ RED MAGNET COVERING/ BLACK CABLES WITH RED & BLACK ENDS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Weston Electrical Instrument Corp., Ammeter, after 1941, Artifact no. 1988.0355, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0355.001/
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