General Electric V-60 series polyphase

Type V-60 series polyphase (1957 to 1999)

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This series of meters was a redesign of the V-series of meters to take full advantage of the new Alnico V magnet (it no longer needed to be moved in and out for the full-load adjustment) and to incorporate the magnetic bearing introduced with the I-50. Also, the base was redesigned to be made entirely of compression-molded material. The models were renumbered by adding a 6 to the type number (V-2-S became V-62S, V-3-A became V-63A, etc.).

Initially only the two-stator versions were offered, but in 1963, the three-stator V-64, V-67, and V-610 (in both socket and A-base) were introduced. Also, another model was introduced for 3-wire network services and was numbered V-61S, V-611S, and finally V-612S as it evolved (a smaller version of this model was also built for a while as Type I-63S which resembled the I-55S meter).

Also, some totalizing meters were later introduced which used 2 meters within one enclosure (with both a magnetic suspension and a float bearing on the shaft). These were the V-63-2A, V-64-2A, and the V-65-2A and these used the old 'bathtub' case for the older 3-stator V-series meter (with a special terminal block having enough terminals for both meters).

In 1999, due to the increasing demand for GE's electronic polyphase models (Phase 3 and the kV), the V-60 line of meters was dropped.

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