General Electric type I-70-S kilowatt-hour meter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1995
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: General Electric type I-70-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. Five-dial analog readout. Aluminum strip inserted in side of base ring as tamper indictor. CL200 indicates 200 amp service. Electronic circuit board mounted below the disc enabled communication with unit via power lines. On meter faceplate: “[GE logo] / GE Watthour Meter / 01389 / Rr 138/9 Kilowatthours / CL200 240V3W FM 2S TA 30 F <--> S / Type / I-70-S / 2 / USA / General Electric Co. / Somersworth NH / Cat No 721X00701 60HZ / Kh / 7.2 / 9 GE 40903 / 99 326 842”. Paper label inside: “AAA / REV ID”. 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.” Stamped on back: “31 / Certified / PN”. On aluminum seal: “Seal” and “Sealed”. Printed on capacitor: “[logo] Turtle / Meter Reader / MDL# 0333 / SN# 323483”.
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: 2017.0017.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0017
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0017.01
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