Regulator, voltage

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OBJECT TYPE: GENERATOR/VIBRATING/AUTOMATIC
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0648.001

MANUFACTURER: Delco-Remy
MODEL: 1118301
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL BASE & CAP/ COPPER WIRING/ RUBBER GASKET & PARTS/ NICKLE CHROMIUM PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 14.8 cm
Width: 9.9 cm
Height: 7.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Automotive engineering
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Delco
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1945
Canada: FROMCOLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SWITCHING DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY MONITORING & ADJUSTING VOLTAGE & CURRENT OUTPUT OF GENERATOR USED TO PRODUCE ELECTRIC CURRENT IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.
Technical: COMPARATIVELY EARLY COMBINATION VOLTAGE & CURRENT REGULATOR, PART OF SOPHISTICATION TO WHICH ELECTRO-MAGNETIC REGULATORS ASPIRED IN 1940S PRIOR TO INTRODUCTION OF NON-ELECTRO-MAGNETIC REGULATING DEVICES. AUTO-ELECTRIC DC GENERATOR CAME TO MATURITY AS IT WAS ABOUT TO BE REPLACED BY ALTERNATOR (AC) TECHNOLOGY (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RAISED LETTERING ON CAP READING "Delco-Remy/ MADE IN CANADA"/ INCISED "118301-6V-N" ON BASE/ CW TAG READING IN SCRIPT "DR Reg. 301/ or 242/ $13.75/.75 Credit on/ salvage regulator"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: GALVANIZED BASE/ GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED CAP/ METALLIC PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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Delco-Remy, Regulator, voltage, circa 1945, Artifact no. 1997.0648, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0648.001/

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