Converter, rotary

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OBJECT TYPE: AC/ENCLOSED/SINGLE PHASE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2205.001

MANUFACTURER: HOLTZER-CABOT ELECTRIC CO.
MODEL: SP 28
LOCATION: Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 505356
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 COVERED WIRES.

Dimensions

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

Length: 52.0 cm
Width: 25.0 cm
Height: 23.0 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: HOLTZER CABOT
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Boston

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: THIS TYPE OF CONVERTER USED IN CANADA. (REF. 1)
Function: TO CONVERT ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY.
Technical: THE ROTARY CONVERTER, ALSO CALLED THE "SYNCHRONOUS CONVERTER", WAS FIRST INTRODUCED BY WESTINGHOUSE IN 1892, BUT WAS NOT PRODUCED IN QUANTITY UNTIL C. 1896. THE ARMATURE WINDING IS CONNECTED TO THE COLLECTOR RINGS AND THE COMMUTATOR. (REF. 2)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Plate on casing reads "ROTARY CONVERTER/ MANUFACTURED BY/ THE HOLTZER-CABOT ELEC. CO./ BOSTON -U.S.A.- CHICAGO/ TYPE SP SIZE 28 SPEED 1800 FREQ. 60~/ PRI. VOLTS 115 PRI. AMPS. 3/ SEC. VOLTS 75 PHASE 1 K.V.A. 150 W./ NO. 505368 WINDING COMP.". "135" painted in off-white on casing, above mfr's plate. Decal on casing reads "THE HYDRO/ HISTORICAL/ ELECTRICAL/ COLLECTION". Red plate fixed to one end of casing, above shaft, reads "CAUTION/ DO NOT LUBRICATE/ COMMUTATOR".
Missing: UNKNOWN.
Finish: DARK GREEN ENAMEL FINISH.
Decoration: N/A

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HOLTZER-CABOT ELECTRIC CO., Converter, rotary, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2205, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2205.001/

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