Carter model 227 socket resistor in box
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
name: label: maker
content: Carter Radio Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: box: "Carter / Socket / Resistor / For Reducing Excess / Filament Voltage / on 227 type tubes. / Lengthens Life / of tubes. / Carter Radio Co. / Chicago." and "No. 227". Standard 5-pin tube socket for 227 type tubes, with a separate socket resistor for reducing filament voltage. Resistor has double carbon element with two binding posts. This is one set containing two parts in original box. Retail price on box: $1.25.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.321907
label: catalog number
content: 321907
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: resistor
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: box: 1 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: resistance: 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 3.175 cm x .9525 cm
label: Measurements
content: socket: 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 3.81 cm