General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

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Patents

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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

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Width

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Height

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Generation

Sub-Category

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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

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