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- OBJECT TYPE
- fuse wire/double pole
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2731.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Edison General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- 1487
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- porcelain shell/ copper/ brass/ wax
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.6 cm
- Width
- 10.9 cm
- Height
- 4.9 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- User site
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Edison
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- late 19th century
- Canada
-
An example of a fuse cutout of a type used in Canada. Part of a large and varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired and documented by Ontario Hydro in the1960s. The collection was thought to be the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in Canada and was donated to the National Museum of Science and Technology in 1992. - Function
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An electrical device which interrupts the flow of electrical current through a piece of apparatus or equipment. - Technical
-
An example of a fuse cutout. In the period 1880-1889, fusing was often done with using fuse wire in an open porcelain cutout with a cover of sheet mica or porcelain. These links consisted of lengths of fuse wire with copper terminals at each end. Double pole cutouts meant that there were two connections, enabling both sides of a circuit to be protected simultaneously (Ref. 2). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- raised lettering on underside reads "E.G.E.C." and "1487"
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- glazed white porcelain/ brass, copper and grey coloured metal/ grey wax
- Decoration
- N/A
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Edison General Electric Co., Cutout, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2731, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2731.001/
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