Motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DC/SHUNT
- DATE
- 1905
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1670.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- CQ
- LOCATION
- Schenectady, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 627908
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SHUNT WOUND DC MOTOR, DC GENERATOR, FLEXIBLE SHAFT COUPLING, WOODEN MOUNTING FRAME, FIELD COIL STEP RESISTOR FOR SPEED CONTROL/OUTPUT VOLTAGE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 170.5 cm
- Width
- 34.0 cm
- Height
- 46.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Generation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Schenectady
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF MOTOR & GENERATOR SET USED BETWEEN C. 1905-1920
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
TO CONVERT 100 VOLTS DIRECT CURRENT TO 2000 VOLTS DIRECT CURRENT. - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF THE MACHINERY REQUIRED TO CONVERT DIRECT CURRENT LINE VOLTAGE TO A DIFFERENT VOLTAGE, IN THIS CASE 100 VOLTS DC TO 2000 VOLTS DC. USING ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER DISTRIBUTION AND 1990S TECHNOLOGY THE TOTAL PACKAGE COULD TODAY BE REDUCED TO A UNIT 6" X 6" X 8". - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE ON CASING TOP READS: 'DIRECT CURRENT MOTOR/ NO. 627908 WOUND SHUNT/ TYPE CQ 1/2 FORM G110/ VOLTS 70/140 AMP. 11 H.P..9/ 1/2 HOUR RATING/ SPEED 2800 H.P..9/ PATENTED MAY 12, 1903 DEC. 1, 1903/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ SCHENECTADY, N.Y. U.S.A.'. PLATE FASTENED ABOVE MFR'S READS: 'PROPERTY OF/ ELECTRICAL TESTING LABORATORIES/ NEW YORK./ SERIAL NO. EE11'/ PLATE BELOW MFR'S READS: 'PART NUMBERS/ CARBON BRUSH CAT. 164280/ COMM.END B'R'G L'N'G CAT. 64970/ PULLEY END. B'R'G L'N'G CAT. 64970/ ARMATURE SPEC. 55333/ MAIN FIELD COILSPEC. 49000/ COMM. POLE COIL SPEC. [BLANK]/ WHEN ORDERING PARTS ALWAYS GIVE/ SERIAL NUMBERS OF MACHINE'/ 4 connecting terminals labelled " A ", " A ", " F ", " F " respectively./ Control switch mounted at motor end of unit labelled " - IN R=34.5 w ".
- Missing
- NONE. BEARINGS SEIZED ON MOTOR
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL. MOTOR AND GENERATOR WINDINGS, VARNISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Motor, circa 1905, Artifact no. 1992.1670, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.1670.001/
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