New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-21
STORING UP ELECTRICITY.
rIrR ppITsU SYSTEM.
r,nsr rgsLrc NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CLAIMED
row 1UIS METHOD.

\, they might have been cloqnet-boNc belonging 10
GIANTS lsy in a on the tliirl ESQ: II tho Do
mestc building q: fonr.eenih-st. and Broadway,
,~st evening. They contained the appa-
-stus tor tie storage of electricity which mas
he.n devised by c. +. Erash III
ventor of TIC Brush arc light, and which,
h, claims, will enable the storage system 10 he
oueratcd with commercial success. Tuesday evening
was the first hight OF the pubhc exhibitions OF NJ
working of the Brush sys EN-, winch are 10 10 con-
,inncd the rest of the we k. More Than 300 people
examined the working OF the system ehd lncfc
vas a cool at endancs last evening al-o' Inc
representatives. OF the Boarl of Fire Und rwrl ers
sxpres ed themselves gratiiisd Mt the eXAbtion
ami w L. Barrows, president OF the hlihmantic
Linen Company said 10 the officers OF the bfasA
Company:
'YouCan pat our mills down rs taking tie h'st Se'
Of aecumula ors that you will sapplY to New Ing
land.r
The storage battery which supplied the twenty
seven teen-cande lights that were burned In the
offices OF the Brush Company was charged hoi''
odvuamo nj the central station of the company
in Elizabeth-st.. which az the same 'iin'
was furnis ing light oabcat th'ty-iour arc '"'pN
each Of 2.010-eande power, OF an electrical Gu.
cnt of 81 900 feet IN ength. Tie battery 'T'-
used was nearly the smallest size WHICH "''i "
manufa.tn FOR general Its capacity was
about five hours before exaausiIng the qaanu'9 ~
electrical energy stored IN it. The reservoir con
SITS of FIVE boxes containing tyenty-fcur cells III
Zach of which are lead plates cbehilcalf uea'cu
nv n procsss which is the inventors secret.
Into these cells the electrical energy generated al
tba central station is stored AMI from them IL Is
carried 10 the lamps which are to bs useI 1or IL
lnm,uatlon An automatic reg llator Is attach9i 10
80, hstterr. which prevents the battery or reser-
rrral aud leu
Cha enerey that hag been exhausted, The great
ADVANTAGE claimed for the Brush storage
s.sten. from commercial stan poilt, Is
,bot while the dynamo machines at td@ central
,,atioys are not in use for supplying the regula-
are lights they can be employed 10 store the ac-
cumHlators In his way, without any increase OF
,,aut The present capacity OF the central stations
can be increased about two-thirds.
II is proposed 70 supply power as well as
fight from the batteries. a small elecIro-motor cF
a7ont one horse power was used last evening I"
,evolye small shaft at tie velocity OF 500 reVC-
lntions a minute. he machire Is capable ny ne
cLancal adjustment, stOri. e.ec YEA e,lsy III
an accHmuatCr aid thea u trahSihiltthS ma. ~
90 ,nto power l, is ella IN that IS than twenty
pcr 1T OF loss of force Tesnlts from this opera ION
Jhe officers of the Brush-STan companies were
greatly delighted with the success OF their eAihD
t;Nns MIR Brush, the inventor, said WI
regard to his sys en-: Besiuhing WIN
III generator in o,eciIlc lenting II
For or onantIty current cannot generate current
nearly 80 economically as "A LiGh-tension dynamo.
muchon the same principle that makes dIHei ence
in eilici ncy between low-pfgssure ana d hlgg,
pressure boiler As every foot OF wire IN clrculI
p1ers cer;aln resistance 10 tn, current, IL VIII
readily be sc II that II II is more tco"on'-
icsi TO drive mgh-tensOn than a
low.tension current, the adHautaHe IN Ia
vor OF tire former Will be a GIn'nished chaIfe
ON the production OF the light, just rs theie Is
difference OF loss III TRANSMISSION Of the TWO cur
Ienis Dir. SIemens esma es that II taxes WIRE
xix times as greaT carry low tension rs 20 carry
hgh-;enslo current aid that 1t costs ilIee ZINES
rs much 10 main ain system OF me fnct as III
Tie latter TAe best informed dIc eTT''ic nam
n system became convinced that elecr& hghting
for domestic usa, III Ordor TO be praclcaI mus gG
Iun from il gh-tensIOn machine, anG tDa IL Wouiu
baye TO be aided by some method of conserving ALL
OF nearly all. the energy Geaied Ov the m0tko
power, that every revolution OF tne "eel t % TUG
mitted power IL was CONCEDED t!at III an eeieclic
lighting system something mus. be had which III an
electro-mOtive UowtT sl stem, would take TIE pace
reureseuted bv the gtsOmettr ia tue g~s-iigh I!g
system and by the accumulator III the IlydlaCIIc,
power system. With euch !attery iHgh current
machine might be use" to GelVer eleciile''y 70 hc
pant here needed and where II wruIi DC drawn
Oh current OF low eleetro-noilVe 1orce 10 supply
"some years ago when began experimenting
in tins lie the state OF the art was Veiy
crude, the only results atralneI beng lose
OF Plante which were merely o. scientific Ill
tercst. Among the earliest hproVtlhens
was the us Of lead r fHid' ipS 5onp i%
practice be, and the present method Is
the result of subs Quent discoveries. All
disadvantag of the direct - stem are overcome by
thts Invention. IL is inim.ieIia VITA II wAe her
one lamp used at time or All that gwen battery
is capable OF supplymt; thy all pnIh Win PEREZ
eleauiness and UNIFORM power. kach lamp takes
Its exact proportion Of the power ana no more, ahp
there is 10 waste, however slowly OF rapidy Tue
current is used. Where a dynamo machine Is EN-
proved 10 supply incandesccnt lamps directly. II is
found that II IL requires ien-dorse power t. supply
tixty lamps il Will require more than hve-b9lss
Id eUpUlX
twO-hoIse power to supply twelve lamps with Tie
same machine. MheTc a machine Is not con-
stanty with It's component OI lamps II cannot be
o. eraTed economically, a. the smaller the mum
Der of lights the larger amount OF power each
one takes and this Is true notwthat!n ing the use
Oh current governors anu similar ueV5c's; n
Another advantage" continued Mr.. Brush,
g arises from the fact that domestic lighting,
where lncandescent lamps VIII pe
maiIly used, ordinarily confined TO
ABOUT six hours day. and Yet some hight Is re-
Quited thIoua hOut the night. lake Tor instance a
gwen district to be hglted, requiring 10000 lamps
as maXimun. BY the direct system o. lighting, 1t
would be necessary 10 provide a high ing stalon
with abont 2OOO-Lorse yower Of engines and
boilers. and the corresponding apparatus, ana have
the Who'll Of this power III use during ali hours III
which iighJ woUld be QdITed, Tor IL would oe I'M
possible TO know III advance how many lights
would be needed at any gwen hour. 1he stail IN
must be 50 operated that me "ho.c IO,OOV AMPS
can be llt az any moment desired. during laige
part Of the time, however, much less than the tulI
number of lamps would be IN use, and at such 'lmes
tue htaBon would be running al u'sd"t autaSe
by the storage 81 stem TINS ditCulty Is avoided Tor
il is only necessary to provide enough storase
batteries 20 run the 1ul number Of lamps Tor
sly SIX hours. Then Ii &C any moment
any less than the full number OF
lamps are in use the batteries Will be giving off that
much less current ana vail last that much Longer
witAou. renewal. Then, too, much smaller and
less expensive plant in engines. boilers ana oynauo
machines il requ ed AT he stalOn. for they be
run for al least twenty-five hours daily and If
2.O0O-borSe power runalug s.ea'nly iOr siN nouns
would furnish AL the current required for the
10000 lamps throughout The night, 500-hOrse
power running tweuty-fOur hours would furnish the
same amount of current. In this way the items OF