The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-03
GASOLINE ENGINE ELECTRIC
GENERATING SETS FOR FARMS
By A. H. JEssUP, of JesSnP 6 Co.
(From Idaho Country Life)

| BY A. II. JESsUP, OF JeSShf q 90.
(From Idaho Country Life)
With the ever increasing demand
| for efficient, and modern apparatus for
use on farms and ranches, comes the
call for cheap but efficient and sim
pie machine which will generate light
and power in the so-called isolated dis
tricts where central station energy is
not available The rancher of toGay,
is locking for devices and apparatus
which will increase the efficiency of
his ranch or add to the personal COM
fort of his home.
The water system, the telephone.
and gasoline engine for doing the
small tasks about the place, are already
familiar to the modern farmer, but it
is only within recent years, that the
application of the electric generator,
the storage battery, and the electric
motor, have been added to the list of
conveniences and even necessities.
Special conditions vary SO much
on different ranches that it would be
impossible to make one plant which
would best suit all locations. How
ever, | shall endeavor to outline few
simple cases which, with few varia-
tons, would suit most conditions.
First-We will consider small do
nestle lighting plant where there is
little or no power used except for
lighting. This plant may consist of
a two-horse-power engine with SO ,
to 50 volt generator and 80 volt
storage battery with capacity of IS
amperes for eight hours which means
twenty-five 16-candlepower lamps for
eight hours. Fifty of these lights may
be installed for lighting the house,
barn and premises. This plant will be
ideal in its operation for
this amount of lighting, and small
of power may be taken from
the engine direct or from small motors ].
such as sewing machine motors, fan
motors, etc, which may be run from
the storage battery. 1t is hardly prob.
able that all 50 of the lights would
be burning at the same time during
the entire evening. However, if they
should all be used at the same time
for considerable period, the gen
orator may be run in parallel with the
storage battery The storage battery
alone would be able to carry the load
ior three hours. The charging of the
battery may be done at regular inter-
5als, or it may be found later that
other work may be done by the en-
zine and the battery charged at the
ame time In any event only very
mall amount of attendance is neces-
AIRY to keep the battery fully charged
md the electric current ready for in
tant use.
Second We will eonsidersthe M
of a larger plant where the
ngine is to be used for power during
he day, and a storage battery installed
or lighting during the evening and
ime wheHe3he engine is not running
cor this plant an engine of from six
. fifteen horsepower may be selected
nth the same one kilowatt generator
nd thirty volt storage battery as in
ne first plant If during the day the
ngine's load is less than its rated ca
aciry the surplus power may be used
} ron the generator and charge the
.orage battery with practically no
xtra amount of attendance, and a
nal! but very efficient lighting capac-
y may thus be obtained at practically
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