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1937 Westinghouse Circuit Breaker

Oil circuit breaker No. 503

Sunday, February 8, 2015

On display at the museum is an oil circuit breaker (OCB) from 1937. The function of a circuit breaker in a substation is fundamentally the same as the circuit breakers in your home in your electrical panel. If an overload (short circuit e.g.) occurs on ...

Categories: Transmission Collection

Tags: Interactive

Coppus Steam Turbine

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

This is a small turbine used to drive a pump or fan in industry Steam turbines are HEAT engines They convert the heat energy from steam into mechanical energy that rotates the shaft. Nozzle: First converts heat into kinetic energy by ...

Categories: Steam Engines Turbines Collection

Tags: Interactive

Boiler Interactive Display

Power Plant Operation

Thursday, January 1, 2015

This is an Interactive Display to explain how the boiler in a power plant operates. Related interactive displays Turbine Flyball Governor

Categories: Boilers Collection

Tags: Interactive

Turbine Interactive Display

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Come out to the Museum and try out the Game These are photos of the screen as the display is played

Categories: Turbines Collection

Tags: Interactive

An model AC generator connected to a Weston model 1 D.C. volt-ammeter and a string of leds

Interactive Model AC Generator & Weston Meter

Monday, December 15, 2014

This little model illustrates how moving a magnet past a coil of wire produces electricity. This fundamental technology of converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, first demonstrated by Michael Faraday in 1832, underpins virtually every type ...

Categories: Generators Instruments Collection

Tags: Meters Interactive

Flyball Governor Interactive Display

Governor

Monday, December 1, 2014

Flyball Governors are used to maintain Engines or Turbines at a "constant" speed.The faster the shaft is turned the farther the balls will swing out , due to centrifugal force.This motion is transmitted through linkage to close a valve supplying Steam ...

Categories: Steam Engines Turbines Collection

Tags: Interactive

Direct Current Circuit Breaker

this Breaker was utilized in the operation of Edmonton's trolley Buses

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Bertran Thomas Engineers Manchester England Manufacturer Bertram Thomas Type H.S.E. Volts 575 AMPS 1600

Categories: Transmission Collection

Tags: Direct Current systems

Disconnect Switch

1922 Disconnect Switches are used to isolate an electrical circuits

Friday, October 24, 2014

Disconnect Switches are used to isolate an electrical circuits Specifications Manufacturer: Canadian Westinghouse Voltage 15000 Amp 600 Style No H.14309 Pat 1922 Manufacturer: Electrical Engineers Equipment Co. Voltage 4000 Amp 300 Style Cat 17101 ...

Categories: Transmission Collection

Tags: Interactive

Vintage Electric Meter Display

Polyphase Kilowatt Hour Meter (sidebar)

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Floor display of vintage commercial/industrial/residential Watt Hour, VAR, Voltmeters, Ammeters, Consumption, 3 Phase, 1 Phase revenue meters, manufactured by Sangamo, GE, Westinghouse, Reyrolle, Weston,

Categories: Instruments Collection

Tags: Meters