Motor & generator set
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AC TO DC/INDUCTION/SHUNT
- DATE
- 1919
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1849.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- 1 4
- LOCATION
- Schenectady, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 271664
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON COMMON BASE. BOTH MOTOR & GENERATOR HAVE CAST IRON END BELLS, STATOR & FIELD MOUNTING. STEEL CASE & SHAFTS; BRONZE BEARINGS. ROTOR & ARMATURE HAVE LAMINATED STEEL CORES. THE ROTOR HAS CAST IRON SPIDERS. THE GENERATOR ARMATURE, FIELD & MOTOR STATOR ARE INSULATED COPPER WIRE; MOTOR ROTOR COMPOSED OF COPPER BARS. MOTOR & GENERATOR HAVE STEEL SHAFTS, WITH A SOLID STEEL COUPLING. GENERATOR BRUSH MOUNTING SPIDER IS CAST IRON WITH STEEL BRUSH HOLDER SHAFTS. BRUSH HOLDERS ARE BRONZE, WITH STEEL SPRINGS AND CARBON BRUSHES. MISC. HARDWARE; COPPER WIRE CONNECTORS AND JUMPERS, ETC. COPPER COMMUTATOR, WITH MICA INSULATION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 163.0 cm
- Width
- 92.0 cm
- Height
- 80.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 1224.7
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Generation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Schenectady
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF MOTOR & GENERATOR SET USED C. 1910- 1930.
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
TO CONVERT 25HZ ELECTRICAL ENERGY INTO DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY. - Technical
-
TO REDUCE LENGTH, & USE A SOLID COUPLER RATHER THAN A FLEXIBLE COUPLER, THE GENERATOR IS PROVIDED WITH ONE BEARING, AT THE BRUSH END. THE MOTOR BEARING SUPPORTS THE GENERATOR ARTMATURE AT THE DRIVEN END. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate mounted on casing top reads: " INDUCTION MOTOR/ NO. 271664/ [logo- "P" within circle]/ TYPE 1 4 15A- 750 FORM K/ CYCLES 25 H.P. 15/ AMPERES 38 VOLTS 220/ SPEED NO. LOAD 750 FULL LOAD/ PAT. MAR. 14,'93 SEP. 5,'93 MAR. 20,'94 AUG. 13,'95 MAY 12,'96 AUG. 29,'98 NOV.20,1900 JUNE 25,1901/ APR.1,1902 DEC.2,1902/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ SCHENECTADY, N.Y. U.S.A./ NP 4055 ". " 187257 " cast in raised print on casing.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- CASE & BASE PAINTED BLACK. HARDWARE AND MISC. INTERNAL PARTS HAVE NATURAL FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Motor & generator set, circa 1919, Artifact no. 1992.1849, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1849.001/
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