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OBJECT TYPE: HR/LOW VOLTAGE/OIL COOLED
DATE: 1905–1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0794.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
MODEL: 22894
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 6345
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 33.0 cm
Width: 25.0 cm
Height: 34.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: General Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE FIRST PART OF THE 20TH C
Canada: EXAMPLE OF TRANSFORMER MANUFACTURED BY A CANADIAN COMPANY, CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC
Function: USED TO CHANGE ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM ONE OR MORE CIRCUITS TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CIRCUITS AT THE SAME FREQUENCY, BUT USUALLY AT A DIFFERENT VOLTAGE AND CURRENT VALUE. IT CAN ONLY BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ALTERNATING CURRENTS.
Technical: A NEW TRANSFORMER KNOWN AS TYPE "H" WAS MARKETED BY GE IN 1897 WITH A NEW MECHANICAL DESIGN FROM THE PREVIOUS ONES. IT HAS A PROTECTIVE SHIELD CALLED AN EARTH SHIELD WHICH CAN PREVENT GREAT DIFFERENCE OF POTENTIAL BETWEEN THE SECONDARY SYSTEM & THE EARTH. [REF 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MOLDED IN TOP SECTION: 'TRANSFORMER/ NO. 22894ENG. NOTICE/ TYPE HR CYCLES 60 FORM G/ VOLTS PR1 10402080 SEC. 10/ CAPACITY WITH OIL 1000 WATTS/ PATENTED 1889, 1893-94-95-96/ CANADIAN/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ LIMITED/ TORONTO-PETERBORO/ 6345'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: BLACK
Decoration: N/A

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Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., Transformer, between 1905–1925, Artifact no. 1966.0794, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0794.001/

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