Regulator, voltage

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OBJECT TYPE: GENERATOR/VIBRATING/AUTOMATIC
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0652.001

MANUFACTURER: Delco-Remy
MODEL: 11182 08
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 STEEL BASE & CAP; RUBBER MOUNTS; SYNTHETIC PARTS; NICHROME WOUND ON MICA BOARD/.2 CARDBOARD

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.8 cm
Width: 11.0 cm
Height: 7.8 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: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1945
Canada: FROM COLLECTION 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: VOLTAGE CURRENT REGULATOR BY DELCO-REMY RE-MFD. BY ASCO & PACKAGED UNDER THEIR OWN LABEL. IT WAS USED IN NUMBER OF GMC TRUCKS IN EARLY 1940S (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 RAISED "Delco-Remy/ MADE IN U.S.A." ON TOP; ATTACHED WHITE LABEL WITH BLUE LETTERING READING "AUTO STARTER LTD./ 79 SCOLLARD ST. TORONTO/ Midway 3589"; INCISED LETTERING ON BASE READS "11182 08 POS-GRD/ 6-V 28-30 AMP."/.2 LABEL READS "ASCO/ REGULATOR/ AUTO STARTER LTD."
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: .1 GALVANIZED STEEL; GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED CAP; BLACK RUBBER; METALLIC PARTS, RED SYNTHETIC/.2 BUFF OR WHITE CARDBOARD & PAPER LABEL
Decoration: N/A

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Delco-Remy, Regulator, voltage, circa 1945, Artifact no. 1997.0652, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0652.001/

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