Box, breakout
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1984
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2009.0135.003
- MANUFACTURER
- Zephyr Instruments
- MODEL
- MAPS II
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 12
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal casing, wiring, parts/ synthetic connectors, wire covering, parts
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.5 cm
- Width
- 15.2 cm
- Height
- 4.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Long range forecasting equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Zephyr
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- mid 1980s +
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A breakout box is an electrical device in which a compound connector is separated into its component connectors, this one used in an automated meteorological observing station in which multiple sensors are connected to a data collection unit. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Black printed and typed lettering on label on underside reads 'FROM: Zephyr Instruments/ TO: AES/ACSO./ BREAKOUT BOX, MAPS II./ S/N: 12.'/ White lettering on label plates reads 'RX TX 77C WIND RH TEMP' on one plate and 'VIS INT TBRG BATT SP' on other plate
- Missing
- Unknown
- Finish
- unfinished metal chassis/ black synthetic label plates/ white synthetic connectors/ multicoloured wire coverings with green connector/ white paper label
- Decoration
- N/A
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Zephyr Instruments, Box, breakout, after 1984, Artifact no. 2009.0135, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2009.0135.003/
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