Cable display, transmission

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 2010
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0143.001

MANUFACTURER: Hydro One
MODEL: home built
LOCATION: Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Silver colour metal [and possibly copper) cable samples mounted on wooden board using metal wire or bands.

Dimensions

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

Length: 59.5 cm
Width: 6.0 cm
Height: 147.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Hydro Ontario
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Cable types used in Ontario before c. 2010.
Canada: The [lot] donation includes insulators, dampers, conductors, a preform rod, a sign, and personal gear from a Hydro One transmission station. It shows choices made by Hydro One, the typical equipment used at the beginning of the 21st c. on high voltage lines in Ontario. The artifacts also represent diversity and the longevity of manufacturers of electrical equipment and globalization of the markets. [Ref. 1]
Function: Specific: To showcase the most common types of conductors used on Ontario's power grid before 2010.
Technical: Made by Hydro One, this display includes 16 conductors of various size used in Ontario.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Cable samples numbered [from top to bottom, left to right, sequentailly] 1 through 18. Legend printed in upper left corner of board face reads "SKYWIRES/ 1. 5/16 STEEL (7)/ 2. 3/5 STEEL (7)/ 3. #8 ALUMOWELD (7)/ 4. #7 ALUMOWELD/ 5. #5 ALUMOWELD (7)". Legend printed in lower right corner of board face reads "PHASE CONDUCTORS/ 6. 4/0 ACSR (6 + 1)/ 7. 336.4 PURE (19)/ 8. 336.4 ACSR (26 + 7)/ 9. 556 (19)/ 10. 477 (26 + 7)/ 11. 605 (54 + 7)/ 12. 795 (54 + 7)/ 13. 1192 (54 + 19)/ 14. 1277 [42 + 7)/ 15. 795 (26 + 7)/ 16. 1.34 COMPACT (28 + 19)/ 17. 1.6 CONVENTIONAL (72 + 7)/ 18. 1.6 COMPACT (69 + 19)". [NB: "69" written by hand in black ink over originally printed "70"]
Missing: Display is complete. Display board has been damaged: some areas of loss to frame edges.
Finish: Silver colour metal [and possibly copper) cable samples mounted on wooden board using metal wire or bands.
Decoration: N/A

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Hydro One, Cable display, transmission, before 2010, Artifact no. 2010.0143, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0143.001/

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