Reliable model 23 automatic power control switch
date: label: date made
content: ca 1926
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked on box: "Convenience Type / Reliable / Automatic Power / Control Switch". On unit: "Model 23 / Reliable / Automatic Power Control Switch . Convenience Type / The Reliable Parts Manufacturing Co. / Cleveland, OH." A convenience-type switch in original package. Metal frame, painted brown. Sockets for trickle charger and "B" eliminator. Unit designed for 5 volt tubes of the 201A type with current drain of .75 to 2 amps. See: Radio Trade Directory, May 1925.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.321770
label: catalog number
content: 321770
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio switch
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: box: 3 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 9.525 cm x 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: unit: 2 in x 5 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 13.335 cm x 8.89 cm