The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-10

ana StlII nave the wiring completely
was anything but pleasing.
But now all this is changed and it
concealed 1t can readily be imagin-
ed that when circuits can be laid
FaCross the floor by raising a single
board and can be run in the other
direction at right angles to this sim
ply by removing and afterwards re-
placing a part of the Dashboard, the
flooring need be disturbed very lit
tie.
As for the outlets Ton brackets
and switches, Dashboard outlets etc,
they are secured by fishing the
wires up or down between the joist
and the lathing which forms the
wall on either side, the wires being
brought outreadily atSany point. pre-
yiously selected after a test of the
space shows it to be free of obstruq-
tions. In this way some of the finest
residences, containing beautifully
hand painted ceilings and tapestried
/ walls, have been completely wired
/ without the necessity of single dol
lar being expended for redecoratfon
, ou dICOuhl VI me Will Noih.
Suppose that we take the average
! two-story house with attic and base
4 ment, or in place of the attic, the
usual space between the ceiling of
! the upper floor and a flat roof,
which is generally OF ample size for
/ the required work. If the electric
mains are on poles in the alley at
: 10
] to a point on the outside of the
building from which a straight drop
can be made in iron armored pipe
to the basement where the service
meter, cutout box, and main switch
may be located The next step is to
explore the walls preparatory to
running the circuit wires, in flexible
conduit, TO the points where light or
| switch outlets are wanted. This is
done very easily as a rule and is call
ed fish work
In FISHING" work a piece of flex-
ible steel tape is used to explore the
space between joists, and, perhaps a
basebord section is removed up
stairs, and a brass chain. such as
that used by plumbers. is dropped
down to meet this from above When
it is found that it is quite easy to
pull the chain right through, it is
a pretty safe conclusion that the
electric circuit wire in its flexible
conduit Will be able to fall through
the same place, and the matter is
generally worked out in that way
Having located the center of distri-
button the number OF lights that
will be required in each room are
carefully noted, and the number of
circuits which will be required to
carry them is readily determined by
the standard rules permitting load
of $50 watts per circuit A rough
working plan is then formed with
the object of reaching all the outlets
/ with the least waste of material ana
I labor that is, in the most directed
| manner For instance, a single cir
cult may be all that is needed for
each floor in a moderate sized resi-
dence, a branch being taken off for
each bedroom, and this again sub
divided, if necessary, for the diiter
ent outlets in that room.
Wherever wall switch is 10 con
troll a lighting connection one side
of the circuit is led down to the
switch and looped back again, and
in all this work the same method OF
exploration and fish work is carried
out. An experienced wireman is able
to get around almost any difficulty
without having to cut plaster in or
der to reach his outlet 1t MAJ I Ike
a little more wire than he would use
if he was installing the circuit while
the house was in process of being
/ built, but between the possibilities
of running a circuit behind the base
board around the room, or across
the floor by raising a single board D.
the floor, or by putting a particular
outlet on another circuit branch
coming from a different direction
entirely, and by leading circuits
down occasionally in hard wood
moulding inside clothes closets and
similar unimportant places, he is
enabled by the exercise of a little
ingenuity to put every switch and
every light at practically the exact
spot that may be indicated beio .
the work is started, and never make
a single hole in the plaster except at
the various points where the fixtures
: or switch is to be attache' The
wood trim around doors and win
dows frequently lends great assist
ance in doing concealed wirinS with
out injury to the premises.
, One of the valuable accesories>c'
} this sort of work is the flexibls
= metallic conduit which enables he
wires to be fished around in this W y
and yet covers and protects them in
strict accordance with the best mod,
ern practice AS the wiring is dor {
7 it is very easy matter TO re |ace q
few floor boards or pieces OF base
board.
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