Sangamo type J3S kilowatt-hour meter
name: label: maker
content: Sangamo Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sangamo type J3S 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 (white plastic) with glass cover. Five-dial analog readout. Lead seal wired on back as tamper indictor. CL200 indicates 200 amp service. On meter faceplate: “Rr 81/3 / 45778 / Kilowatthours / J3S / 200CL / 240V / 3W / Sangamo Electric Company / 29 650 241 / 9-SE-2321 / Sangamo / TA 30 / Kh12 / Form 25 Watthour Meter/ Made in U.S.A.”. Label on side reads: “Warning / Meter tampering or any other unauthorized use of / electricity is dangerous and is a prosecutable act / under ARTICLE 27, Section 194 and/or Section 342 / of the ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND. / Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc.” On lead seal: “140” and “SMEC”. Molded on back: “Sangamo / 323936 / 4”, stamped: “449363”, O.C. 51” and “O.C. 47”. Molded on internal field housing: “[up arrow] 8 FL / LL 8 [up arrow]”.
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: 2017.0017.05
label: accession number
content: 2017.0017
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0017.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: kilowatt-hour meter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 7 in; 14.605 cm x 17.78 cm