General Electric type IP5 watt-hour meter
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1918
label: date made
content: ca 1918
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A coin-operated "pre-payment" watt-hour meter for single-phase power. Ratings label reads: "Single-phase Watthour Meter / No. 12708274 Type IP5 Cyc 60 / Amp. 5 Volts 110 2 wire / General Electric Co., U.S.A." Cast on front plate: "Wood Prepayment Meter / Coins to [window showing coin counter] your credit." Cast on knob: "Insert quarter and turn knob to right." Four-dial scale showing kilowatt hours.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Walter H. Smartt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0919.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0919
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0919.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: meter
label: Object Name
content: wattmeter
label: Object Name
content: watt-hour meter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 32.5 cm x 16 cm x 12.2 cm; 12 13/16 in x 6 5/16 in x 4 13/16 in