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Philips High Tension Battery Eliminator Radio Part

Inventory Number 58421


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.58421

Item type
Object
Makers
Philips
Physical material
Glass
Metal
Plastic
Paper
Object type
Battery
Dimensions
Height: 162mm Width: 142mm Depth: 220mm Weight: 5.3kg
Inventory No
58421

Description

A Type 3003 high tension supply unit made by Philips in Holland. Battery Eliminators were used to provide power to an item that would normally require a battery. The device has 11 sockets organised to two rows, one of 7 the other of 4. below this are 36 smaller sockets in three rows of 12. There is one large plug and two smaller ones. On the back of the device are two glass valves.