Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02
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BY AN EtECERIC CURRENT

no matter where he lives, can ilgnt
his home with electricity and enjoy
other conyeniences at the same time
IA lighting outfit can be Installed
at a cost o. from $500 to $1,000. de-
pending upon the conditions; Benja-
min r. Eyer, professor Of electrical
engineering in the Kansas State Agri-
cultural College, says so. He is CIV
| ing the subject particular attention.
Many farmers own and operate gaso-
line engines Of two or more horse
power. A one-horsepower engine Is
large enough for lighting purposes
| and for some small power besides.
It all depends upon what the cleo
trio outfit will be called upon to 40
AZ to the first cost and maintenance.
A complete outfit for lighting con-
sists of 10 cells Of storage battery, a
dynamo, a switchboard, and a gaso-
line engine, or other source OF power
water or steam. The new tungsten
metal filament incandescent lamp has
| made It possible to use a storage bat
terry to good advantage on the farm.
This has been brought about in this
way. The tungsten lamps consume
| less than one-half the electrical en-
| ergy that the old carbon lamps re-
ouired and give a much better and
stronger light. They are made for
S2-volt circuits, which only require
1s cells Of storage battery OF mod
crate capacity. The old carbon lamps
required either s. cells Of storage
battery OF a smaller number Of very
large capacity. In either case, the
cost was prohibitive.
The gloomiest thing on a farm
is the light, the oil lamps. Not only
ere they q nuisance, q source OF Ia
bora, d danger, too--but they are
disco 1sfing and depressing. n lthint
brigl I, ms up the family, and the
home generally, like a clear light
6 pLoso q farmer desires to light
his house and barn and have al
ornamental light or two on the dave
way-Lbut has no gasoline engine
available for power. Call this cas'
Number One. An outfit suitable herr
would consist of gasoline engine
Of one horsepower, a dynamo Of ap
proximately one-half kilowatt, II
cells Of storage battery capable o
giving one and one-half amperes o
current for seven and one-half t.
eight hours, and small switchboard
The outfit complete, made by relia
BILE manufacturers, would cost ap
proxlmately $500 and the freight.
This does not include house wirinl
or the wiring from the storage bat
terry to the place where light ia II
be used. No small motors SHOULD
be run from this outfit. The Dat
teries have not sufficient capacity
This is about what could be dom
with this outfit, Five lamps OF II
candIe-powsr could be'used 2% hour
a day, three lamps of 16 candle-powe
| for Az hours. or L'C 16-caudls
power lamps for 8 hours II 8-can
dle-power lamps were used, the nun
Der could be doubled for the same
time lating,
II sS0 he added 10 tine cost Of 'hii
outfit, twice the humber Of lamps
nay lie operated for the same lime
ruiiug. The extra $50 lie applied tC
increase the capacity OF the bat
terry. idling 5000 TO the cost a
THO outfit. total seO0--thA capa,fty
would he atcquate,to Dr. Eome sinai
power work, such as operating
four-pound electric flat-iron, a vac
uum cleaner, or sewing machine
motor.
I The capacity OF this outfit woult
be, approximately: 80 16-candle
power lamps for hours, or 80 s
candlepower lamps for 8 hours, O.
10 S-candlepower lamps ~ hours
day for four days, without recharg'
CT battery. Or you can run 10 8
candlepower lamps for two days
Sunday and Monday say, AZ hour
a day, and run an electric washlnI
machine Monday for two hours, an
the four-pound electric flat-ir"
, Tuesday for three hours. with enoug
enough energy left in the batterie
to run the sewing machine moto
one hour before reciareing the bal
/, terry.
J No need OF all this soon. II
! farmer will shelter his farm machir
ery he can, and should, spend wha
he saves fot On electric light QUIT
for the home. SC many farm"I
! hive gasoline engines already th'
lie project is sImp'tcd. The m u
ey spent for new machinery In on
A or two years will equip your Rom
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