Cord, power supply

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OBJECT TYPE: 3-prong
DATE: 1991
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2015.0064.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Taiwan

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Black flexible synthetic cord covering and hard black synthetic cord ends with metal prongs

Dimensions

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

Length: 22.0 cm
Width: 21.0 cm
Height: 8.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Chemistry
Category: Laboratory equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: 1990's
Canada: This is one the earliest commercial PCR machines used in Canada. It was brought by Dr. George Mackie from Western University to UBC in the early 1990s, when Nobel Prize winner Michael Smith was also doing fundamental work in this area.
Function: To safely connect and carry electricity from power outlet to another device, in this case a Thermocycler.
Technical: This may have been one of the first models to use Peltier Junctions. (From Artifact worksheet)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On plug head (wall end): "[LOGO]/ 6/ EXP-004/ EXITO/ E72379/ TAIWAN/ ROC"/ On plug head (device end): "EXITO/ EXP-005/ E-72389/ TAIWAN/ [LOGO]/ 10A/ 125V/ 1250W/ A.C."
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Black, flexible synthetic cord with silver coloured connections.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cord, power supply, circa 1991, Artifact no. 2015.0064, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2015.0064.002/

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