Fleron "Defender" lightning arrester
date: label: date made
content: ca 1924
name: label: maker
content: M. M. Fleron & Son, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked on box: "Fleron / Defender / Lightning / Arrester / M. M. Fleron & Sons, Inc. Trenton, N.J." On unit: "Fleron Radio / Lightning Arrester". A ceramic radio lightning arrestor in original box, includes bracket and warranty card. Lightning arrestor designed for use in a radio receiver in conjunction with outdoor antenna. One terminal goes to ground pipe and other terminal to aerial wire and receiver. A lightning discharge passes to ground through arrestor. Reference: Instructions on side of box.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.321510
label: catalog number
content: 321510
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lightning arrester
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 4 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 10.16 cm x 12.065 cm x 5.3975 cm