Western Electric type 13-J resistance lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1956
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 2-pin plastic base with T-shaped envelope. Donor’s card reads: “Resistance lamp made by the Western Electric Company for the Bell Telephone Company about 1956. Used for protection of relay windings against excessive current and voltage. Will pass the following DC: .130 ampere @ 1 volt; .274 ampere @ 5 volts; .643 ampere @ 40 volts.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Paul G. Watson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.325022
label: catalog number
content: 325022
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Resistance Lamp
label: Object Name
content: resistance
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 1 in; 10.16 cm x 2.54 cm