General Information

Serial #

17633

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING/ GLASS JAR/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ FABRIC WRAPPED WIRING

Dimensions

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

Length

21.0 cm

Width

11.5 cm

Height

22.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Generation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

PHILCO

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1930

Canada

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

DEVICE THAT APPLIES POWER TO CHARGE AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY.

Technical

EARLY BATTERY TRICKLE CHARGER USING CHEMICAL ELECTROLYTE AS RECTIFIER TO CONVERT ALTERNATING TO DIRECT CURRENT NEEDED TO CHARGE LEAD STORAGE BATTERY. SUCH DEVICES WERE INEFFICIENT, OF LOW CAPACITY, & MESSY FOR HOME OWNER BUT COULD BE MFD. INEXPENSIVELY WITH MATERIALS READILY AVAILABLE. THIS CHARGER WAS MADE FOR HOME MARKET (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING "TRICKLE CHARGER/ PATENT APPLIED FOR/ ALTERNATING CURRENT TYPE TC-25/ A.C. VOLTS 115 CYCLES 25-60 WATTS 12-30/ MADE IN U.S.A. BY/ PHILADELPHIA STORAGE BATTERY CO."/ PLATE ON OPPOSITE SIDE HAS RAISED LETTERING READING "PHILCO"/ CW DETACHED INSTRUCTION LABEL READING IN PART "PHILCOTRON/ Reg. U.S. Pat. Office Patent Applied For" & "PHILADELPHIA STORAGE BATTERY CO., Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A."

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

DARK BROWN CRINKLE FINISHED EXTERIOR/ BROWN & BLACK SYNTHETIC/ BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ BLACK WIRE COVERING

Decoration

N/A