General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASE & HARDWARE/ SYNTHETIC TOP PANEL & KNOBS/ LEATHER HANDLE/CARDSTOCK TUBE CHART/ GLASS METER COVER/ METAL, SYNTHETIC & GLASS WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

38.0 cm

Width

21.0 cm

Height

14.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TRIPLETT

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Ohio

City

Bluffton

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

AFTER 1944 (PROBABLY USED BY DONOR'S HUSBAND DURING & AFTER WWII)

Canada

AVAILABLE TO THE CANADIAN SIGNALS CORPS TO WHICH MR. RAPP BELONGED.

Function

TO LOCATE ELECTRICAL FAULTS IN RADIO (ELECTRONIC) DEVICES BY MEASURINGVOLTAGE, CURRENT OR RESISTANCE/ ALSO COULD BE USED TO TEST VACUUM TUBES

Technical

TYPE SAMPLE OF MULTI-PURPOSE TEST EQUIPMENT USED BY THE MILITARY DURING THE WAR & LATER AVAILABLE TO AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS & OTHERS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

METER: 'TRIPLETT ELEC. INST. CO. BLUFFTON, OHION, U.S.A./ MADE IN U.S.A./ LIFETIME/ RED DOT/ GUARANTEE' [CALIBRATED FOR OHMS & VOLTS]/ DIALS, SWITCHES, JACKS ETC. DESIGNATED & CALIBRATED FOR VARIOUS MEASUREMENTS/ BOOK OF TUBE SETTINGS AFFIXED TO TOP PANEL/ PLATE ON BOTTOM: 'REMOVE PLATE FOR RENEWING/ BATTERIES OR RECTIFIER/ SIZE "D" CELL/ IN BOTTOM/ OF OPENING/ TO REPLACE PULL OUT-/ GRASPING EACH END./ INSERT NEW CELL-CENTER/ TERMINAL (+) TO RIGHT/ CONNECTIONS FOR/ 22.5 V. BATTERY/ RED LEAD (+)/ BLACK LEAD (-)/ RECTIFIER PLUG/ TYPE-H/ A.C. VOLTS'/ SCRATCHED ON BOTTOM: '701804882'/ DYNOTAPE: 'FJ RAPP'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE BUT WAS PART OF I-56-J TEST SET/ BATTERIES

Finish

BLACK CRINKLE CASE/ BLACK TOP PANEL WITH CREAM COLOURED PRINTING

Decoration

N/A