Charger, battery
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TUNGAR
- DATE
- 1937
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0436.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- 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
- METAL, PLASTIC, CERAMIC, GLASS, FIBRE COVERING ON CORDS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 46.0 cm
- Width
- 20.8 cm
- Height
- 22.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Generation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- USED FROM THE MID 1930'S INTO THE 1970'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO CHARGE BATTERIES - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF RECTIFIER TECHNOLOGY/ BATTERIES COULD ONLY BE CHARGED BY D.C. - THE TUNGAR BULB SERVED AS A RECTIFIER TO CONVERT A.C. FROM POWER MAINS TO D.C. FOR CHARGING/ IF THE CURRENT FAILED WHEN USING A CHARGER SUCH AS THIS THE BATTERIES WOULD NOT DISCHARGE/ THESE CHARGERS WERE CONSIDERED SAFE FOR OVERNIGHT USE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE 'GE Tungar/ REG. U.S. PAT.OFF./ BATTERY CHARGER/ [SCRATCHED IN BY HAND '5/37'] 6RB4B[8]/ 50/60 CYCLES/ VOLTS A-C. 115 AMP. D-C. 6/ 1-12 3 CELL BATTERIES/ USE BULB CAT. 189049/ PATENTS 1018502 1082933 1140134 1140136 1154081 1182290 1191630/ 1208597 1244216 1244217 1246054 1266517 1393520 1498908 1529597/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., U.S.A./ N.P.30516'/ FRONT PLATE 'NUMBER OF BATTERIES/ 11 12/ 9 10/ 7 8/ 5 6/ 3 4/ 1 2/ LOW MEDIUM HIGH/ FINE ADJUSTMENT/ N.P.52883/ OFF ON/ CONTROL SWITCH/ N.P.52881'/ GAUGE AT TOP '0 4 6/ LOW NORMAL DANGER/ D-C. AMPERES/ GENERAL GE ELECTRIC/ DWG. K-3778689 MADE IN U.S.A.'/ PLATE ON SIDE 'GE/ GENERAL ELECTRIC/ INSTALLATION/ BE SURE SERVICE VOLTAGE/ AND CYCLES AGREE WITH TUNGAR RATING/ REMOVE THIS PLATE/ BRING TUNGAR A-C. LEADS AND/ A-C. SUPPLY LEADS OUT THROUGH/ THE HOLE. SOLDER AND TAPE./ CONNECT WHITE LEAD TO/ GROUNDED A-C. SUPPLY/ LEAD. USE ½ IN./ CONDUIT./ N.P.58475"/ PLATE INSIDE "NP-52401/ 105/ 115/ 125/ PRIMARY VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT"/ HANDWRITTEN "2nd BULB MAY/42/ MAR/48/ 3rd OCT 49/ DEC 61/ JAN 69/ APR 70".
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- OUTER CASE PAINTED RED, INNER CABINET TOP ENAMELLED IN CREAM COLOUR, BLACKPANELS WITH SILVERTONE EDGING, BLACK KNOBS/ WHITE CERAMIC SOCKET INSIDE & FITTING ON OUTSIDE
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Charger, battery, circa 1937, Artifact no. 1994.0436, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0436.001/
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