Balkite trickle battery charger
date: label: date made
content: c 1924
label: date made
content: 1924
label: date made
content: ca 1924
name: label: maker
content: Balkeit Radio Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked on plate: "Fansteel / Balkite / Trickle Charger / Serial No. K210384 / A.C. Volts 115 Cycles 60 Watts 13 / Rate: 0.5-0.4 A Batteries: 4-6V / Made in U.S.A. by / Fansteel Products Co., Inc. / North Chicago, Ill. / Pat. in the U.S.A. May 27, 1924." On cell: "Balkite Rectifier Cell Type C". Electrolytic type battery charger using a glass cell. Battery connections are made to binding posts. B+ on cell unit & B- on transformer unit. Cord provided with light socket connection provision. Reference: "Radio Broadcast," Oct. 1925, page 806.
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.321567
label: catalog number
content: 321567
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: serial number
content: K210384
objectType: label: Object Name
content: battery charger
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in; 12.7 cm x 13.97 cm x 6.6675 cm