General Electric type I-55-S kilowatt-hour meter
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: General Electric type I-55-S 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 with glass cover. Four-dial analog readout. Lead seal wired on back as tamper indictor. CL100 indicates 100 amp service. Prior to donation this unit was installed on a home in Pomfret, Maryland. On meter faceplate: “General [logo] Electric / Single-Stator Watthour Meter / Type I-55-S / 4433 / Kilowatthours / CL100 240V 3W 60 [AC logo] 15TA / Rr 277/9 Cat. No. 720X5G1 Kh 3.6 / 7-GE-9809 / 39 399 115 / Made in U.S.A.”. Label on back reads: “GE / Certified / Meter / FJMartin / Manger-Inspection” Stamped on back: “22” and “12X[9?]10.
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: 2017.0017.03
label: accession number
content: 2017.0017
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0017.03
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