General Information

Serial #

635010

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METALS & PLASTICS

Dimensions

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

Length

46.0 cm

Width

23.0 cm

Height

13.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Electronics

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

FLUKE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Washington

City

Seattle

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1975-1990

Canada

EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED BY THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR RESEARCH INTO COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING CROSS COUNTRY NETWORK, SPACE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

Function

PROVIDES INPUT SIGNAL TO ANY DEVICE BEING TESTED/ THE INPUT SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS CAN BE DEFINED FOR VOLTAGE, RESISTANCE & FREQUENCY TO BETTER THAN 1% DEPENDING ON RANGE & WHETHER EQUIPMENT IS WITHIN TEMPERATURE RANGE/ MOST COMMONLY USED WITH OSCILLOSCOPES

Technical

THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WAS VERY HIGH TECH AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE & WAS MADE BY A LEADING ELECTRONICS FIRM

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON FRONT PANEL 'FLUKE 635010 515A PORTABLE CALIBRATOR', 'POWER/ ON OFF', 'DC VOLTS/ [SYMBOL]V 1 10 100', 'OHMS', '400 Hz/ 1V 10V 100V', '4KHz/ 10V', '50KHz/ 10V', 'HI/ LO/ GUARD'/ AROUND A DIAL 'SAVER/ 10M 1M 1OOK 10K 1K 100 10 0/ X1 X.9 X.8 X.7 X.6 X.5 X.4 X.3 X.2 X.1 X0'/ STICKERS 'CRC/ INVENTORY/ 2156', 'ASSET NUMBER/ 13109/ CRC SHIRLEY BAY', 'CRC/ [BAR CODE]/ AB00503', 'SI' WITH '1990' SUPERIMPOSED OVER IT/ TYPED NOTE TAPED ON TOP 'NOTE:/ Through disuse the Output Multiplier Switch/ contacts may become contaminated and cause out-/ of-tolerance readings on the 10 [ohm] range.'/ STICKER ON TOP 'CRC INSTRUMENTS CRC/ Traceable to NRC 'VERIFIABLE AU CNR/ DATE D M Y TECH/ CAL ? 07 91/ 30 [?] 92'/ ON BOTTOM "515A PORTABLE CALIBRATOR/ GUARD TERMINAL NORMALLY CONNECTED TO LO AND TO/ ON uV RANGE USE UNTINNED COPPER LEADS AND/ CONNECTIONS TO MINIMIZE THERMOCOUPLE EFFECTS./ SEE OPERATING MANUAL FOR DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS./ JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, U.S.A."/ HAS CHART, HEADED "RESISTANCE ACCURACY, PERCENT, 1 YEAR, 18 [DEGREES] C TO 28 [DEGREES] C"/ HAS SEVERAL STICKERS READING "CRC INSTRUMENTS CRC/ NON/ NO"/ ON BACK END "THIS UNIT WIRED AS/ INDICATED BELOW/ J5 F1/ 100V 1/4 A/ 115V AGC/ 200V 1/8 A/ 230V AGC" & "Manufactured in U.S.A./ Patents Pending"

Missing

OUTER SHELL OF ONE KNOB BROKEN OFF - PIECES ARE IN BAG TIED TO ARTIFACT From CA of 11/06/2001 by David Daley: Yes - electrical cord is missing

Finish

PAINTED GREY-BLUE, LEATHER-PATTERN FINISH WITH WIDE BLACK STRIPE, BORDERED BY SILVER GREY STRIPES, DOWN THE SIDE/ BLACK HANDLE/ FRONTPANEL IS BEIGE WITH BEIGE, BLUE, RED, ONE WHITE & ONE GREEN KNOB OR BUTTON

Decoration

N/A