Sangamo type J4S kilowatt-hour meter
name: label: maker
content: Sangamo Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sangamo type J4S 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. Five-dial analog readout. Lead seal wired on back as tamper indictor. CL200 indicates 200 amp service. On meter faceplate: “Rr 277/9 / Sangamo Electric / 29037 / Kilowatthours / S <--> F / CL200 240V 3W Type J4S 30TA 7.2Kh 1 / 9-SE-5292 USA / 45 227 224 / Cat. No. / FM25 / 60 Hz / 76000 / Sangamo Watthour Meter”. Label on side reads: “Warning / Meter tampering or any other unauthorized use of / electricity is dangerous and is a prosecutable act / under ARTICLE 27, Section 194 and/or Section 342 / of the ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND. / Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc.” Molded on back: “Sangamo / 328700 / 3”. On lead seal: “133” and “SMEC”.
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: 2017.0017.06
label: accession number
content: 2017.0017
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0017.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: kilowatt-hour meter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 7 in; 12.7 cm x 17.78 cm