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transformer

Date1935-1945
Inventory Number1997-1-1397
ClassificationTransformer
Subject
    Maker United Transformer Corporation 1932 - 1966
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions11.8 × 11.3 × 8.9 cm (4 5/8 × 4 7/16 × 3 1/2 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionA metal box painted black. Small circular feet on all four corners of one side. An adjacent side has a rectangular nameplate. The side opposite the one featuring the feet has nine connectors that have been soldered over many times.
          Signedon nameplate: UNITED TRANSFORMER CORP. NEW YORK / TYPE LS-7 / MADE IN UNITED STATES of AMERICA
          Inscribed
          FunctionA transformer makes use of inductively coupled conductors -- the transformer's coils or "windings" -- to change voltages. AC power running through the primary coil can be "stepped up" or "stepped down" depending on the ratio of number of windings in the two coils.
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