General Electric type S current transformer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1904
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A transformer in a brass cylindrical casing with wood end-panels. Brass handle and two brass skids. A 2-contact switch on the front is set between two threaded keys below a brass plate: "Closed Open". Four sets of connectors are above the nameplate. Four bolts on the back hold the unit together. Nameplate reads: "Current transformer / No. 684774 Spec. 160136 Type S Form P / Cycles 25/125 Watts 40 Pri. Amp. 25/50/100 / Ratio 5/10/20:1 / Patented Mar.29.1904 / Important / Secondary leads must not be open circuited when the / transformer is connected in circuit. / N. 6909 General Electric Co. U.S.A. " Stenciled on back: "54".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Drexel Institute of Technology, Departments of Physics & Electrical Engineering
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.325382
label: catalog number
content: 325382
label: accession number
content: 254284
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Transformer, Current
label: Object Name
content: transformer
label: Other Terms
content: Transformer, Current; Components
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 19.685 cm x 16.51 cm