Meter, demand watt-hour
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POLYPHASE/INDICATING 3-4 WIRE
- DATE
- 1937
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0258.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- CS-2
- LOCATION
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 654974
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM COLLAR; CAST IRON BASE/ METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ GLASS COVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 18.0 cm
- Height
- 22.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Westinghouse
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Hamilton
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1930S AND 1940S
- Canada
-
MANUFACTURED IN CANADA. THIS ONE WAS KEPT AT THE DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE STANDARDS BRANCH AS PART OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO TEST AND MAINTAIN EXAMPLES OF METERS SOLD COMMERCIALLY IN CANADA. - Function
-
USED TO INDICATE THE MAXIMUM ELECTRICAL LOAD ON A CIRCUIT AVERAGED OVER 10 MINUTES IN KILOWATTS, AND TO MEASURE THE ENERGY CONSUMED IN AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT IN KILOWATT HOURS. - Technical
-
IN ORDER TO FAIRLY CHARGE CONSUMERS OF ELECTRICITY THE DEMAND REQUIRED BY A CONSUMER OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS FACTORED INTO THEIRCHARGES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE: 'CANADIAN Westinghouse CO. LIMITED/ HAMILTON CANADA/ MIN. INT. 10 3-4 WIRE/ TYPW CS-2 2-3 PHASE DEMAND WATTHOUR METER/ Kh= 2/3 F 60 CYCLES/ VOLTS 2C115 2C5 AMPS./ SO 638981/ STYLE/ 654974/ SERIAL/ N.P. MADE IN U.S.A. 21184 4-8-37 A.P.Y.'/ PRINTED ON DIAL FACE: 'KW. DEMAND/ KILOWATT HOURS/ [4 DIALS O TO 9]/ [OUTSIDE SCALE 0 -.5 - 1 - 1.5 - 2'/ HANDWRITTEN ON GLASS: '206'/ DYNOTAPE: 'S 118'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- COLLAR AND BASE PAINTED SILVER; COVER UNCOLOURED GLASS; DIAL PLATE LIGHT BEIGE WITH BLACK PRINTING; MFG'S PLATE BLACK & SILVER WTIH BLACK & SILVER PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd., Meter, demand watt-hour, circa 1937, Artifact no. 1997.0258, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0258.001/
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