Meter, watt-hour

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OBJECT TYPE: REVENUE/POLYPHASE/4 WIRE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0250.001

MANUFACTURER: Packard Electric Co. Ltd.
MODEL: PBS
LOCATION: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 19604
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM BASE AND RING/ SYNTHETIC 'FEET'/ GLASS COVER/ METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 17.5 cm
Height: 16.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Measurement
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Packard
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: St. Catharines

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: MANUFACTURED IN CANADA. THIS ONE WAS KEPT AT THE DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE, STANDARDS BRANCH, AS PART OF THE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO TEST AND MAINTAIN EXAMPLES OF METERS SOLD COMMERCIALLY IN CANADA.
Function: USED TO MEASURE AND INDICATED THE ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMED IN AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT IN KILOWATT HOURS.
Technical: ELECTRICAL METERS WERE DEVISED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE CONSUMERS FOR THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY SUPPLIED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFG'S PLATE: 'PACKARD ELECTRIC/ COMPANY LIMITED ST. CATHERINES, ONT./ WATTHOUR METER/ S [ARROW] F/ TYPE/ PBS/ L.L./ CURRENT RANGE 2.5-200 CYC 60 W 4/ VOLTS 120 ELEMENT 2 1/2/ Kh 18 SER 19604/ 151'/ DIAL PLATE: 'KILOWATT HOURS/ [4 DIALS WITH SCALE FROM 0 TO 9]/ MULTIPLY BY 10'/ DYNOTAPE 'S 179'/ HANDWRITTEN ON GLASS ON TOP: 'SAMPLE''PBS'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: BASE AND CASE UNFINISHED ALUMINUM/ UNCOLOURED GLASS/ WHITE DIAL AND MFG'S PLATES WITH BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Packard Electric Co. Ltd., Meter, watt-hour, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0250, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0250.001/

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