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- OBJECT TYPE
- CONTINUOUS CURRENT
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1849.002
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- CVC 116
- LOCATION
- Schenectady, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 302198
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON COMMON BASE. BOTH MOTOR & GENERATOR HAVE CAST IRON END BELLS, STATOR & FIELD MOUNTING. STEEL CASE & SHAFTS; BRONZE BEARINGS. ROTOR & ARMATURE HAVE LAMINATED STEEL CORES. THE ROTOR HAS CAST IRON SPIDERS. THE GENERATOR ARMATURE, FIELD & MOTOR STATOR ARE INSULATED COPPER WIRE; MOTOR ROTOR COMPOSED OF COPPER BARS. MOTOR & GENERATOR HAVE STEEL SHAFTS, WITH A SOLID STEEL COUPLING. GENERATOR BRUSH MOUNTING SPIDER IS CAST IRON WITH STEEL BRUSH HOLDER SHAFTS. BRUSH HOLDERS ARE BRONZE, WITH STEEL SPRINGS AND CARBON BRUSHES. MISC. HARDWARE; COPPER WIRE CONNECTORS AND JUMPERS, ETC. COPPER COMMUTATOR, WITH MICA INSULATION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 163.0 cm
- Width
- 92.0 cm
- Height
- 80.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Generation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Schenectady
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF MOTOR & GENERATOR SET USED C. 1910- 1930.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
TO CONVERT 25HZ ELECTRICAL ENERGY INTO DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY. - Technical
-
TO REDUCE LENGTH, & USE A SOLID COUPLER RATHER THAN A FLEXIBLE COUPLER, THE GENERATOR IS PROVIDED WITH ONE BEARING, AT THE BRUSH END. THE MOTOR BEARING SUPPORTS THE GENERATOR ARTMATURE AT THE DRIVEN END. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate on top of casing reads: " CONTINUOUS CURRENT GENERATOR/ SHUNT WOUND NO. 302198/ TYPE CVC 116 FORM A1008/ SPEED 750 KW. 10/ VOLTS NO. LOAD FULL LOAD 250/ AMPERES 40/ PAT. MAY 5,'96 JAN. 31,'99 MAY 12,1903 DEC. 1,1903/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ SCHENECTADY, N.Y. U.S.A. ". Plate fixed over oiler on shaft end reads: " ORDER BRUSHES TO/ CAT. 344888 ".
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- CASE & BASE PAINTED BLACK. HARDWARE AND MISC. INTERNAL PARTS HAVE NATURAL FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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