General Electric model 51G3 luminous tube transformer
date: label: date made
content: 1951
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: GE model 51G3 luminous tube transformer. Made to provide power for neon signs. A black rectangular housing with ceramic insulators on either side, two additional contacts on the right side, one on the left. Nameplate reads: "General [logo] Electric / Mid point of high voltage winding grounded to case / Dat[e] 51 G3 Cy 60 / Pri V 115 VA 250 / [Sec] V 9000 Sec Milliamp 30 / NG / N.P. 70864 Schenectady, N.Y. Made in U.S.A. / Luminous Tube Transformer". Donor used this transformer as a teenager during laser experiments in his parents' home.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Ebe Helm
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0034.11
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0034.11
label: accession number
content: 2005.0034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: transformer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 cm x 9 cm x 35 cm; 5 1/8 in x 3 9/16 in x 13 3/4 in