Regulator, voltage

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OBJECT TYPE: GENERATOR/VIBRATING/AUTOMATIC
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0645.001

MANUFACTURER: Delco-Remy Div., General Motors Corp.
MODEL: 5585
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL BASE & CAP/ COPPER WIRE/ METAL PARTS/ PAPER INSULATION/ NICKEL CHROMIUM WIRE ON MICA BOARD

Dimensions

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

Length: 10.3 cm
Width: 9.2 cm
Height: 5.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Automotive engineering
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Delco
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1942
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: ADJUSTING VOLTAGE & CURRENT OUTPUT OF GENERATOR USED TO PRODUCE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SWITCHING DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY MONITORING & ELECTRIC CURRENT IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.
Technical: EARLY AUTOMATIC VIBRATOR TYPE VOLTAGE REGULATOR DESIGN WITH TWO MAGNETIC UNITS WITH BUILT-IN CUT-OUT. 5500 SERIES OF REGULATORS WERE DEVELOPED FOR WIDE RANGE OF MFR. MODEL YEARS FROM EARLY 1930S THROUGH 1940S (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: CAST LETTERING ON CAP READS "Delco-Remy/ MADE IN U.S.A."/ INCISED LETTERING ON BASE READS "5585"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: GALVANIZED BASE/ GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED CAP
Decoration: N/A

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Delco-Remy Div., General Motors Corp., Regulator, voltage, circa 1942, Artifact no. 1997.0645, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0645.001/

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