Plug, fuse

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OBJECT TYPE: ENCLOSED/EDISON/RENEWABLE/60 AMP
DATE: 1900–1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1964.001

MANUFACTURER: General Electric
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METALS (COPPER & BRASS?), PORCELAIN AND SYNTHETIC OR HARD RUBBER CASING.

Dimensions

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

Length: 4.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Height: 6.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: User site
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: General Electric
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF FUSE PLUG USED C. 1900- 1920S, AND POSSIBLY LATER.
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 PROTECT ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS FROM DAMAGE.
Technical: EDISON IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TO PRODUCE AN ENCLOSED FUSE PLUG. THE EARLIEST HAD BODIES MADE OF WOOD, THE GLASS, AND LATER PORCELAIN. IN 1896THE INTERNAL CONSTRUCTION CHANGED, TO PERMIT THE USE OF A LONGER FUSE. THE CARTRIDGE-TYPE FUSE WAS INTRODUCED IN 1903. BY 1950 FUSE PLUGS WERE NO LONGER POPULAR.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " GE/ 250 VOLTS " cast in raised print on fuse plug cover; " 60- A/ 250- V " incised on contact point. " 1910 " handwritten in pencil on exposed porcelain fitting.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: DARK BROWN CASING; GOLD TOME METAL SCREW-TWIST FITTING; OFF-WHITE PORCELAIN.
Decoration: N/A

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General Electric, Plug, fuse, circa 1900–1910, Artifact no. 1992.1964, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1964.001/

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