Circuit breaker
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- OBJECT TYPE
- single pole
- DATE
- 1948
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2754.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- 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
- synthetic casing, switch and parts/ metal hardware and parts
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.3 cm
- Width
- 2.5 cm
- Height
- 13.2 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940s-1950s+
- Canada
-
An example of a circuit breaker 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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A safety device used in panel boards to protect against the overloading of circuits, substituting for fuses and fused switches - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- partially illegible grey lettering reads "220/ M.A.", "?-220", "?C.B. CO./ 444/ "
- Missing
- appears complete
- Finish
- black and brown body/ black switch/ metallic parts/ black wire covering
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Circuit breaker, circa 1948, Artifact no. 1992.2754, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2754.001/
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