Crocker Wheeler size 1/6 motor-generator
date: label: Date made
content: 1892
name: label: maker
content: Crocker-Wheeler Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked on plate 1: "Crocker-Wheeler Electric Co. / Ampere, N.J., U.S.A. / Pat;d May 5, 1891 and others. / 1/6 H.P. Size: 1/6D No.10521 / Speed: 1800 Amp: 4 / Volts: 150". On plate 2: "Crocker-Wheeler Electric Co. / Ampere, N.J., U.S.A. / Pat'd May 5, 1891 and others. / 1/6 H.P. Size:1/6 No.10521 / Speed: 1800 Amp: 1.4 Volts:120". A 120 volt D.C. Motor is used to drive a 150 volt D.C. generator. Armature shafts of both units are coupled under an insulated housing. Two sets of field magnets are employed with bi-polar field poles arranged at top. Two sets of adjustable carbon brushes are attached to each section. Wiring terminals provided on the side and use bolt type terminal lugs. Unit used in electrical shop of the Government Printing Office.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.322241
label: catalog number
content: 322241
label: accession number
content: 247801
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Converter
label: Object Name
content: motor generator
label: Object Name
content: motor-generator
label: Other Terms
content: Converter; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/4 in x 9 1/4 in x 14 1/2 in; 22.225 cm x 23.495 cm x 36.83 cm