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OBJECT TYPE: AC/INDUCTION/REPULSION START/1/4 HP/25 CYC/110 V/4.2 AMP/1 PH/1460 RPM
DATE: 1915
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2132.001

MANUFACTURER: Century Electric Co.
MODEL: RS
LOCATION: St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: S13
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON, STEEL, COPPER, AND POSSIBLY OTHER METAL MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. FABRIC COVERING ON ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 39.0 cm
Width: 21.0 cm
Height: 19.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Conversion
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Century
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Missouri
City: St. Louis

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF MOTOR USED C. 1915+
Canada: THIS TYPE OF MOTOR USED IN CANADA FOR COMMERCIAL AND DOMESTIC PURPOSES. (REF. 1)
Function: TO CONVERT ELECTRICAL INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY. THIS MOTOR USED SPECIFICALLY TO OPERATE A REFRIGERATOR.
Technical: REPULSION START-INDUCTION MOTOR DESIGNED TO START AS A REPULSION MOTOR AND RUN AS ANINDUCTION MOTOR. CENTURY WAS THE FIRST CO. TO DEVELOP THIS TYPE OF MOTOR: BY 1922 THE REPULSION START-INDUCTION MOTOR WAS THEIR MAIN PRODUCT. IT IS SELF-STARTING UNDER FULL LOAD. BRUSHES TOUCH THE COMMUTATOR ONLY AT STARTING. IT IS SUITED TO OPERATE ELECTRICAL REFRIGERATORS, PUMPS, MIXERS,, COMPRESSORS AND SIMILAR EQUIPMENT REQUIRING HEAVY STARTING TO 9VC WITH LOW STARTING CURRENT. (REF. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Mfr's plate on motor reads "Century/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ REPULSION START-INDUCTION/ SINGLE PHASE MOTOR/ MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A. BY/ CENTURY ELECTRIC CO./ ST. LOUIS, MO./ TYPE RS FRAME M8LS H.P. 1/4/ VOLTS 110 OR 220 AMP. 4-2/ CYCLES 25 R.P.M. 1460/ SERIAL NO. S13 SPEC. NO. [blank]/ CONTINUOUS OPERATING TEMPERATURE/ RISE NOT MORE THAN 40 [degree symbol] CENTIGRADE/ PATENTED DEC. 29, 1914, OCT. 19, 1915". "REFRIGERATION MOTOR" printed on second plate. Red dymo tape label marked "MF4/1". "CENTURY" cast in raised print on one end of motor casing.
Missing: UNKNOWN.
Finish: BLACK ENAMEL FINISH ON MOST EXTERIOR SURFACES.
Decoration: N/A

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Century Electric Co., Motor, after 1915, Artifact no. 1992.2132, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2132.001/

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