Accession No

4964

Brief Description

Power supply unit, by Terry Overall, 2/2 20th C

Origin

Unicam Instruments; Cambridge; England

Maker

Overall. Terry

Class

electrical; laboratory apparatus

Earliest Date

1960

Latest Date

1970

Inscription Date

Material

metal (alloy, white metal, other); plastic (polyurethane, bakelite, tape, other)

Dimensions

height 170mm; depth 160mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated on 30 July 1997.

Inscription

Description Notes

power supply unit.

The unit base is a metal house with wiring and circuitry inside. A variety of coloured wire possibly to assist training in creatling these units. On top of the base unit the power cells. On one side is a metal curved bar handle below which is the control panel. This consists of a ‘Voltage Adjust’ knurled dial, two terminals for connecting the ‘Deutterium Lamp Supply’ with ‘3 volts’ ‘MP3 MP4’ marked between the two terminals and three screw in amp holders. At the side of the amp holders are ‘1A’, ‘1A’, ‘FS9’ ,‘FS2’, ‘FS1’ and ‘250mA’. On the opposite side to this control panel is the connection socket from power supply unit to machine to be powered.

Condition good; complete.

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