Janette type CA18F rotary converter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1945
label: date made
content: ca. 1945
name: label: maker
content: Janette Mfg Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A small alternating current - direct current motor-generator unit in an enclosed cylindrical housing with rectangular steel base. Two plastic caps cover access ports on either end of the armature shaft. Oil port also on each end, along with ventilated louvers. A 58" 2-conductor cord emerges from the base next to a plastic connector with 2 T-slots. Decal on top reads: "Since / Janette / 1909". Nameplate reads: "Rotary Converter / made by / Janette Mfg. Co. / Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. / Patented / Type CA18F D.C. Volts 115 / K.V.A. 150 D.C. Amps. 2.5 / Cycles 60 A.C. Volts 110 / Temp. 40 A.C. Amps. 1.35 / Phase 1 P.F. 100 / Speed 3600 / No. 320223". Another plate: "U.S. Property / Iowa Ordnance Plant / Property No. 5572."
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.317763
label: catalog number
content: 317763
label: accession number
content: 233317
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Rotary Converter
label: Object Name
content: motor-generator
label: Object Name
content: rotary converter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 10 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 26.035 cm x 27.305 cm x 16.51 cm