Landis & Gyr type MX kilowatt-hour meter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1995
name: label: maker
content: Landis & Gyr Powers, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Landis & Gyr type MX 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. Electronic circuit board mounted below the disc enabled communication with unit via power lines. On meter faceplate: “Landis & Gyr / 90019 / KWHR Rr 27 7/9 / 68775-3 / Landis & Gyr Single Stator Electricity Meter / Assembled in Mexico / 9DE 30176 / FM 2S CL 200 240 V / TA 30 Kh 7.2 3W 60Hz / Type MX / 86 515 722 / S All Adj. <--> F / [bar code] -301”. Label on side reads: “Warning / Hazardous voltage. / Meter tampering or any other / unauthorized use of electricity / is dangerous and is a prosecutable / act under SECTION 6-303 of / the Criminal Law Article of the / Annotated Code of Maryland. / May shock, burn, or cause death. [electrical hazard logo] / Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc.” Stamped on back of unit: “04”, molded: “Landis & Gyr”, “68555-2 / Rev S / Cav 3”, molded on clip: “68553 X / Nylon” and “C NO NC / K Y Z”. On aluminum seal: “Seal” and “Sealed”. Printed on capacitor: “250 VAC / 60 Hz / 50 Hz” and “08860371P / Turtle [logo] / Transmitter / M.C.#AE-0794”.
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: 2017.0017.08
label: accession number
content: 2017.0017
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0017.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: kilowatt-hour meter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 7 in; 13.335 cm x 17.78 cm