dimming lamp socket adapter
dimming lamp socket adapter
- Description (Brief)
- Unmarked dimming lamp socket. Similar to Wirt Dim-A-Lite 320742.03. Black coated steel shell with brass medium-screw socket and porcelain insulator. Bolted contact, mica insulator inside. Slide mechanism external with two pull strings wrapped around back of shell. Colored bead finial on one string, other string is broken and the finial is missing.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Socket with Dimmer
- dimmer switch
- Other Terms
- Socket with Dimmer; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
- date made
- ca 1910
- Measurements
- socket with dimmer: 2 3/4 in x 2 in x 1 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 5.08 cm x 4.445 cm
- ID Number
- ZZ.RSN80762U02
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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