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I recently picked up a nice vintage meter/panel at an antique shop.

The panel is 12" by 10" by 6" and has a nice Westinghouse meter, an old rubber two wire cord, and a two prong receptacle on the side.

The meter has the date 11-7-1937, and the panel has the words, "Westinghouse Kitchen Proved Refrigerator Official Test Panel"

Does anyone have any information on this equipment and maybe what it was used for? I will try to get a picture posted.

Thanks!

Bryan,
Does the meter show amperage draw? The only thing I'm really coming up with on this is it was possibly a sales tool to show Westinghouse refrigerators being more efficient than others... This sounds interesting! Get the pics to Bill or Scott (electure), I wanna see this thing!

-Randy

hey i've got one of those i belive. bought it on ebay.check out watthourmeters.com.i belive mine is a westinghouse CS meter 5 amp 120volt.a friend of mine name dave dahle runs the sight. just look under the westinghouse category.it will tell ya all ya want to know about it.what was it used for? belive it was for the tech to check appliance performance.

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A Reader named Lonna sent in the following pictures, and wonders if anyone has any information on this unit?





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ask her if it is for sale? i would be interested.i picked up one similar on ebay for about $30. if she would be interested in selling it i would like to buy it.she can contact me.

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