Charger, battery
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GASEOUS DISCHARGE RECTIFIER
- DATE
- 1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0707.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Packard Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- VALLEY
- LOCATION
- St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC SWITCHES & PARTS/ CERAMIC PARTS/ GLASS METER COVER/ FABRIC WIRE COVERING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Generation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Packard
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- St. Catharines
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1936+
- Canada
-
FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHEROF 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
-
DEVICE THAT APPLIES POWER TO CHARGE AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY. - Technical
-
TUNGAR CHARGER REPRESENTS SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE IN RECTIFIER CHARGERS, PROVIDING HIGH CHARGING CAPACITIES IN SMALL AFFORDABLE CHARGING EQUIPMENT. THIS CHARGER WAS EQUIPPED WITH 2 TUNGAR BULBS BUT AFTER ONTARIO UNDERWENT CONVERSION FROM 25 TO 60 CYCLE CURRENT IN 1948-1950, IT COULD ONLY BE OPERATED AT HALF CAPACITY, WITH SINGLE TUNGAR BULB (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON FRONT READING "SERVICE/ DOUBLE DUTY/ CHARGER/ 110 VOLTS 25 CYCLES/ 65. WATTS/ FOR CHARGING A. BATTERIES & B. BATTERIES/ BUILT BY/ PACKARD ELECTRIC CO./ LIMITED./ ST. CATHERINES, ONT./ H.E.P.C. APPROVAL NUMBER 1415"/ WHITE LETTERING ON METER FACE READS "AMPERES/ VALLEY [LOGO]/ MADE IN U.S.A."/ WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READS "VALLEY/ BATTERY CHARGER"
- Missing
- ONE TUNGAR BULB
- Finish
- GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED CASING/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ WHITE CERAMIC/ BROWN & BEIGE FABRIC/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Packard Electric Co. Ltd., Charger, battery, circa 1936, Artifact no. 1997.0707, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0707.001/
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