General Information

Serial #

313-28317

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METALCASING, SWITCH, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, METER CASING & WINDOW, POWER CORD, PARTS/ RUBBER? FEET/ LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE

Dimensions

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

Length

32.0 cm

Width

17.8 cm

Height

30.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HEWLETT PACKARD

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1960'S+

Canada

EQUIPMENT USED IN ENGINEERING DEPT. OF NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA. CREATED IN 1939, NFB IS PUBLIC AGENCY THAT PRODUCES & DISTRIBUTES FILMS & OTHER AUDIOVISUAL WORKS WHICH REFLECT CANADA. AT ONE TIME WELL FUNDED BY GOV'T, NFB HAD GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT BY WELL KNOWN MFRS.

Function

GENERALLY, CALIBRATED INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE ALTERNATING CURRENT VOLTAGE, OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF ACOUSTICAL TEST EQUIPMENT OF 1960'S, PART OF EQUIPMENT OF AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION FACILITY. SEE 951582 FOR VACUUM TUBE VOLTMETER OF 1940'S FROM SAME PRODUCT SERIES BY SAME MFR.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON FRONT READING "hp [LOGO]/ MODEL 400H/ VACUUM TUBE VOLTMETER"/ BLACK LETTERING ON METER READS "HEWLETT hp [LOGO] PACKARD"/ PLATE ON BACK READS "SER. 313-28317/115/230 VOLTS 50-1000 CYCLES/ MADE IN U.S.A."

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/15/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

TEXTURED BLUE-GREY PAINTED CASING/ METALLIC GREY FRONT PANEL, WITH BLACK METER CASING, COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT WINDOW/ RED & BLACK SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ METALLIC SWITCH/ BLACK POWER CORD, STRAP, FEET

Decoration

N/A