Rectifier bulb

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1958
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0472.002

MANUFACTURER: LANCASHIRE DYNAMO NEVELIN LTD.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Oxted, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Glass bulb with metal connnectors and containing mercury

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Regulation & transformation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: LANCASHIRE
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Oxted

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C.1958-1975
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF APPARATUS THAT WAS USED AT A UNIVERSITY IN ENGINEERING STUDIES
Function: USED TO PREVENT AC CURRENT FROM REVERSING ITS DIRECTION, THUS CONVERTING AC TO DC CURRENT
Technical: EXTENSIVE USE WAS MADE OF MERCURY ARC RECTIFIERS IN SUBSTATIONS THROUGHOUT CANADA FROM 1920 TO MID 1960. IT HAS HIGHER RELIABILITY & EASE OF MAINTENANCE THAN MECHANICAL RECTIFIERS AS WELL AS BEING SIMPLER TO OPERATE. IT WAS REPLACED BY THE SILICON RECTIFIER IN THE 1960'S. [REF.2]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: Clear glass rectifier bulb.
Decoration: N/A

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LANCASHIRE DYNAMO NEVELIN LTD., Rectifier bulb, 1958, Artifact no. 1991.0472, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1991.0472.002/

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