Sangamo type J5S kilowatt-hour meter
name: label: maker
content: Sangamo Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sangamo type J5S 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. Five-dial analog readout. Lead seal wired on back as tamper indictor. CL200 indicates 200 amp service. On meter faceplate: “Rr 277/9 / Sangamo / 28370 / Kilowatthours / S <--> F / CL200 240V 3W Type J5S 30TA 7.2Kh 1 / 9-SE-15764 USA / 81 555 866 / FM25 / 60 Hz / Sangamo Watthour Meter”. Label on side reads: “Warning / Meter tampering or any other unauthorized use of / electricity is dangerous and is a prosecutable act under / ARTICLE 27, Section 194 and/or Section 342 of the / ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND. / Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc.” Stamped on clip on back: “2”. On lead seal: “143” and “SMEC”. Paper service tag on unit: “9-9-16 / Install AMZ B/D Meter / FN”.
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: 2017.0017.04
label: accession number
content: 2017.0017
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0017.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: kilowatt-hour meter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 7 in; 12.7 cm x 17.78 cm