General Electric rotary snap switch
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Electrical switch consisting of a round white porcelain base and a brass colored metal cap through which a shaft with a knob extends. As the knob is turned it snaps and a small window in the metal cap displays the status of the switched circuit ( ON or OFF) The switch was manufactured by General Electric Company and is rated at 5 Amperes at 125 Volts and 10 Amperes at 250 Volts. The porcelain base is slightly damaged. Stamped on bottom: "60453".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.241402.40
label: catalog number
content: 241402.40
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electrical Switch
label: Object Name
content: electrical switch
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 6.35 cm