Charger, battery
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TUNGAR
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1552.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- 179492
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 19245
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, GLASS, WOOD, PLASTIC, CERAMIC, FIBRE IN CORD, POSSIBLY MERCURY IN BULB?
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.5 cm
- Width
- 27.7 cm
- Height
- 30.0 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1920-1940
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO CHARGE BATTERIES/ THIS CHARGER DESIGNED FOR PUBLIC GARAGE USE/ USED TO CHARGE UP TO 10 BATTERIES AT ONCE - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF THE APPLICATION OF RECTIFIER TECHNOLOGY TO AUTOMOTIVE USE/ BATTERIES COULD ONLY BE CHARGED BY D.C.-A RECTIFIER SUCH AS THIS ONE COULD CONVERT A.C. FROM POWER MAINS TO D.C. FOR CHARGING/ IF THE CURRENT FAILED WHEN USING THIS CHARGER THE BATTERY WOULD NOT DISCHARGE/ THEY WERE CONSIDERED SAFE FOR OVERNIGHT CHARGING - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE 'Tungar/ REG' IN U.S. PAT. OFFICE/ BATTERY CHARGER/ CAT. 179492 [C.'S.] 262014/ VOLTS A.C 115 VOLTS D.C. 7.5/7.5/ AMP. D.C. 6 CYCLES 60/ PAT'D NOV.8,'04 FEB.27,'12 DEC.30,'13 MAY 9,'16 MAY 14,'18/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., U.S.A./ NO. 19245' & 'THE SALE OF THIS/ OUTFIT WITH OR WITH/ OUT A BULB DOES NOT/ IMPLY ANY LICENSE/ TO CONSTRUCT OR/ PURCHASE A BULB/ FOR USE THEREWITH' & 'BULBS SOLD HEREWITH/ ARE NOT LICENSED TO BE/ RE-EXHAUSTED OR REPAIRED/ NOR IS THE PATENTED/ METAL THEREIN CONTAINED/ LICENSED TO BE USED EX/ CEPT IN THOSE BULBS'/ ON 2 KNOBS 'GE' IN LOGO FORM/ ON SWITCH 'G.E. CO. U.S./ 20 A 250 V/ UND. LAB. INSP.' SEE ADD.INF.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED BLACK, OUTER SURFACE NOW BADLY RUSTED/ KNOBS HAVE (OR HAD) BLACK FINISH, WOODEN ONE NOW HAS SOME BLACK, MOSTLY BROWN WOODGRAIN, OTHER KNOBS HAVE PITTING SHOWING GREY & RUST COLOUR
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Charger, battery, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1995.1552, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1552.001/
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