General Electric "Tungar" trickle-type battery charger
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "[GE logo] Tungar / Trickle Charger / Cat. 3049336 60 cycles / Volts AC 115 Use Bulb Cat. 289881 / Terminal 1 2 3 4 / [terminal amperage rating table / Patented:" 2/27/12; 12/30/13; 5/18/15; 9/21/15; 5/9/16; 10/11/21; 3/10/25; 7/18/16; 12/12/16; 10/23/17; 11/13/17; 5/14/18; 6/24/24 / General Electric Co., U.S.A." A four terminal battery charger designed for alternating current, plug in operation. Rectifier bulb supplied in unit.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.321390
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 321390
objectType: label: Object Name
content: battery charger
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 14.605 cm x 15.875 cm x 6.35 cm