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OBJECT TYPE: VISIBLE
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0727.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS TUBE/ BRASS END CAPS/ METAL ALLOY FUSE

Dimensions

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

Length: 3.5 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Electricity & electronics
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1920 +
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: USED IN AUTOMOBILE ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM. FUSE IS SAFETY DEVICE IN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT & CONTAINS METAL ELEMENT WHICH MELTS WHEN CURRENT EXCEEDS SPECIFIC AMPERAGE, BREAKING CIRCUIT & SO PREVENTING DAMAGE.
Technical: THIS TYPE OF FUSE WAS USED IN AUTO-ELECTRIC LIGHTING CIRCUITS TO PROTECT BATTERY. EARLY FUSIBLE-LINK GLASS FUSES REPRESENT SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF MFG. PRECISION IN CONSTRUCTION & CALIBRATION (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED "30 A" ON EACH END CAP
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ PLATED CAPS/ GREY FUSE
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Fuse, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1997.0727, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0727.001/

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