Lorenz type D.G.U.T.150 rotary converter
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1942
name: label: maker
content: C. Lorenz AG
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A small rotary converter for changing 3-phase alternating current to 18 volts direct current at 10 amps. Specimen is in a closed steel case consisting of a circular cylinder connected to a hyperbolic cylinder. Case is painted a dark yellow green. Copper-braid brushes are used. One brush is missing. Nameplate reads: "C. Lorenz. A.G. Berlin-Tempelhof / Einaker-Umformer / Type D.G.U.T. 150 No. 2131 / Drehstr. 220 volt 0.8 Amp / Gleichstr. 18 volt 10 amp / Leistung. 180 Watt / Umdreh. 3000 Period 50". Below plate is a meter with double scale 0 - 14 amp and (unlabeled) 0 - 26 volts. On one side of the meter is the word "Mehr", with an arrow beneath it pointing to the left and to the right of the meter is the word "Weniger", and an arrow pointing to the right. Beneath the meter is a control for the converter. On the other side are two switches: one for turning on and off and the other missing. Four rubber feet.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reference: Groenendijk Catalog, page 20, item 5h-42.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.315506
label: catalog number
content: 315506
label: collector/donor number
content: 5h-42
label: accession number
content: 216300
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Converter
label: Object Name
content: rotary converter
label: Other Terms
content: Converter; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in; 26.67 cm x 31.75 cm x 22.225 cm