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Current Probe - Ferranti, Sirius, circa 1961
Reg. No: HT 26883
- Summary:
- Alternative Name(s): Current Tester
A probe used measure electrical current flow in wires.
This object is most likely to have been used with the Ferranti Sirius computer. - Description:
- A red plastic peg-shaped clamp is attached with a black plastic sheathed wire to an opaque plastic connector. The other end of the connector is attached with a black sheathed cable to a silver coloured cylindrical object with a manufacturer's label on it. The other end of the cylinder has a black sheathed cable protruding from it that terminates in a black plastic 3-hole socket. There is a red wire and a black wire, each with an single pin plug connector, protruding from the cylinder.
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 40 mm (Height), 230 mm (Width) |
More information
| Tagged with: | electric apparatus instruments |
| Themes this item is part of: | Science & Measurement Collection |
| Primary Classification: | COMPUTING & CALCULATING |
| Secondary Classification: | Analogue & Digital Computing |
| Tertiary Classification: | testing tools |
| Inscriptions: | On manufacturer's label: " Ferranti " |
| Manufacturer (Probable): | Ferranti, England, circa 1961 |
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