Switch, generator
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AUTOMATIC CUT-OUT
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0641.001
- 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
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.0 cm
- Width
- 3.3 cm
- Height
- 7.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive engineering
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1930
- Canada
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FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING. - Function
-
ELECTRO-MAGNETIC DEVICE WHICH AUTOMATICALLY CUTS IN GENERATOR OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHEN FORMER IS GENERATING ENOUGH POWER FOR USE IN ENGINE, & THEN CUTS GENERATOR OUT WHEN ITS POWER PRODUCTION IS INSUFFICIENT. - Technical
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HEAVILY CONSTRUCTED QUALITY CUT-OUT SWITCH STANDING IN SHARP CONTRAST TO NO-NAME BRANDS ALSO MARKETED AT THAT TIME. THIS MFR. EMPHASIZED QUALITY & RELIABILITY EVEN IN SWITCHES DESIGNED FOR REPLACEMENT MARKET (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAST LETTERING ON CAP READING "Delco-Remy/ MADE IN U.S.A."
- Missing
- ONE POINT
- Finish
- GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED CAP/ GALVANIZED BASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Switch, generator, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1997.0641, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0641.001/
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