Cutout & fuse
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- OBJECT TYPE
- screw
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2736.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ONDIT
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- copper/ metal parts/ porcelain/ synthetic
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.9 cm
- Width
- 4.3 cm
- Height
- 5.6 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
- ONDIT
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
An example of a cutout with a fuse 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
-
An electrical device which interrupts the flow of electrical current through a piece of apparatus or equipment; this one also was used for testing meters. - Technical
-
Edison produced the first replaceable type fuse plug which screwed into sockets. These early fuses were porcelain which made it difficult to identify a blown fuse. Many different identifiers were tried in the 1920s and 1930s (such as this fuse) before G.E. introduced the type of fuse now used in domestic settings - the Pyrex plugged fuse plug (Ref. 2). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- incised lettering on cutout reads "THERMAL CUTOUT FOR A.C.", "MAX. VOLTS/ 600" AND "ONDIT [logo]"
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- gold coloured cutout/ unglazed white porcelain and plated fuse
- Decoration
- N/A
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ONDIT, Cutout & fuse, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2736, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2736.001/
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