Western Electric model 400-E varistor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1962
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A small cylinder with a metal contact and lead on each end. Stamped: “400E”. Donor’s card reads: “Varistors made by Western Electric Company for use in modern (about 1962) telephone circuits. A two electrode device having a voltage dependent non-linear resistance.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.324809
label: catalog number
content: 324809
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Varistor
label: Other Terms
content: Varistor; Solid State Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x .635 cm