Westinghouse / REA type CS kilowatt-hour meter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1970
name: label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Westinghouse / Rural Electrification Administration type CS kilowatt-hour meter, residential electric induction meter for measuring power used by consumer. Unit removed from service in 2016 as part of a project to upgrade SMECO’s system to digital smart-meter technology. Four-lug base with glass cover. Four-digit mechanical readout. On meter faceplate: “REA / 4029 / Kilowatt Hours / Westinghouse / Watthour Meter / Single Phase / 15 / Amps. / Two / Wire / Kh=1 / <- / F / Serial 18 327 633 / Type CS / S.1157836 / 120 / Volts / 60 / [ac logo] / Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company / 107-W-273”. Stamped on counter housing: “R-1200”.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, thru John M. Faunce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0017.12
label: accession number
content: 2017.0017
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0017.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: kilowatt-hour meter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 7 in; 17.145 cm x 17.78 cm