transformer
Date: 1935-1945
Inventory Number: 1997-1-1397
Classification: Transformer
Subject:
Maker: United Transformer Corporation (1932 - 1966)
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Dimensions:
11.8 × 11.3 × 8.9 cm (4 5/8 × 4 7/16 × 3 1/2 in.)
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Description:
A 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
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.