Transformer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1886
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2808.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ferranti
- MODEL
- 2072
- LOCATION
- Hollingwood, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Predominantly metal (including copper); wood; coated fabric covering on electrical wires. Transformer has been heavily restored: original finish is unknown. Now most surfaces painted gloss black; medium-brown wood blocks appear varnished; cast markings are highlighted in red paint.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.0 cm
- Width
- 29.0 cm
- Height
- 43.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 90.72
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Regulation & transformation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ferranti
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Hollingwood
Context
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Canada
-
Part of Ontario Hydro [OH] collection, and made by an important manufacturer of electric supplies who later established an operation in Canada. This transformer was sent to OH by Ferranti Ltd. in 1965, to compliment a large 10,000 V. transformer [OH0777]. [Ref. 1] - Function
-
A device used to transfer electric energy from one circuit to another, and which changes the voltage, current, phase or other electric characteristic. - Technical
-
An example of a small, so called "house transformer", this artifact was used in London, England in connection with a large 10,000 V. transformer [OH0777]. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "FERRANTI" and "NO. 2072" cast in raised print on both end panels of casing. "MA.1.25" and "2400 VOLTS" printed on red dymo-tape labels applied to casing top.
- Missing
- Unknown: electrical cables have been severed.
- Finish
- Predominantly metal (including copper); wood; coated fabric covering on electrical wires. Transformer has been heavily restored: original finish is unknown. Now most surfaces painted gloss black; medium-brown wood blocks appear varnished; cast markings are highlighted in red paint.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ferranti, Transformer, circa 1886, Artifact no. 1992.2808, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2808.001/
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