Meter, volt-amp
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/BATTERY LOAD
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0756.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FOREST ELECTRIC CO.
- MODEL
- PORTOSTAT
- LOCATION
- Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 CAST IRON FRAME; METAL METER CASINGS WITH GLASS WINDOWS; COPPER SWITCH; SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/.2-.3 WOOD HANDLES; METAL PROBES; RUBBER? WIRE COVERING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.5 cm
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 30.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- FOREST
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Newark
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1930 INTO 1950'S
- 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
-
INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE VOLTAGE & AMPERAGE OF AUTOMOBILE BATTERIES IN AUTOMOBILE SERVICE FACILITY. - Technical
-
BATTERY LOAD TESTING WAS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE FOR CARE OF BATTERIES OPERATING IN CANADIAN WINTER; IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO DETERMINE CONDITION OF BATTERY BEFORE COLD WEATHER OCCURRED. DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH EQUIPMENT WAS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO YEAR-ROUND USE OF AUTOMOBILE IN CANADA (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 CAST LETTERING ON SIDE READING "FOREST/ ELECTRIC CO./ NEWARK NJ/ USA"; CAST LETTERING ON FRONT READING "PORTOSTAT/ THE/ [EYE]/ THAT SEES/ INSIDE THE BATTERY" & FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ BLACK SCALE MARKINGS & LETTERING ON AMMETER FACE READING"D.C. AMPERES/ PORTOSTAT/ TYPE TDX/ MADE BY ROLLER-SMITH CO. BETHLEHEM, PA., U.S.A."/ BLACK & RED SCALE MARKINGS & BLACK LETTERING ON VOLTMETER FACE READING "D.C. VOLTS/ PORTOSTAT/ TYPE TD/ MADE BY ROLLER-SMITH CO. BETHLEHEM, PA., U.S.A."
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 GREY ALUMINUM PAINTED FRAME; GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED METER CASINGS, WHITE METER FACES, COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT WINDOWS; BLACK SYNTHETIC; COPPER COLOURED PARTS/.2 HANDLE ORIGINALLY PAINTED BLACK, METAL FINISH OBSCURED BY CORROSION, BLUE WIRE COVERING/.3 HANDLE ORIGINALLY PAINTED RED, METAL FINISH OBSCURED BY CORROSION, RED WIRE COVERING
- Decoration
- N/A
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FOREST ELECTRIC CO., Meter, volt-amp, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1997.0756, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0756.001/
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