Relay
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ARRESTER RELAY
- DATE
- 1934
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0316.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FAHNESTOCK ELEC. CO. INC.
- MODEL
- 2-A
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MOLDED BAKELITE BASE/ LAMINATED BASIC STEEL ARMATURE/ FLAT COPPER CONDUCTOR BUSS., CONTACTS/ FIBER COIL SUPPORT/ ENAMEL COVERED MAGNET WIRE, MISC. SCREWS, ETC.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.5 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Electricity & electronics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- FAHNESTOCK
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1934-1960
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
PROBABLY USED IN A CIRCUIT THAT MONITORED CURRENT FLOW-THE RELAY WOULD BE OPERATED BY USING EXCESSIVE CURRENT TO SHUT DOWN THE CIRCUIT (THE NAME"ARRESTER RELAY" MAY BE A CLUE THAT SUPPORTS THIS ASSUMPTION, I.E. "ARREST" = STOP) - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON SIDE METAL PLATE: 'ARRESTER RELAY 2-A/ MFD BY FAHNESTOCK 1934/ D'/ ON BOTTOM: 'I M Co/ INC/ 1933'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK BAKELITE/ ALL OTHER NATURAL FINISH
- Decoration
- N/A
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FAHNESTOCK ELEC. CO. INC., Relay, circa 1934, Artifact no. 1969.0316, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0316.001/
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