The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-14
TO HEAT AMI
COUNTRY HOME

gas. These remarks we're not unwar-
ranted, for the official standard Of
safety. at least in some communities.
Is not what 1t should be.
Where an Independent system oe
lighting is required there 4. not n very
wide range or choice. Electricity may
be put in with a storage battery and a
dynamo operated by a gasolefe engine.
but h cost of such a plant ia several
hundred dollars. II liz fairly conom
ical where a gasolene engine Is alter
nately used for a water eystem. Thera
are engines which are quickly diverted
from pumping water to prodricinc
light. II storage battery Is neces-
sary TO accumulate current and giv
II out when the engine is not working
Probably the most widely used indie
pendent system and one OF moderate
cost Is acetylene. \ gas is produced
by calcium carbide dropping at inter
walls and automatically into a tank Of
water. and this gas is distributed
through the house and used in tho
same name as city gas, for coolSinS
as we'll as lighting. IL 4. non poison
ous, while eaks are easily dstected
on account OF tho pungent smell. The
light II intensely white, approximat.ne
daylight. No NANTES are required and
the flame doe not rob tho air u
much oxygen The generator does no
take much room. and usually requires
attention but once a month, when II IL
recharged with carbide and filed with
fresh water. The water may he put
in with buckets. Carbide II a comfy
nation Cf lime and coke: II aeIls o.
about four cents a pound and this
quantity yields about four cubic fest
OF gas. One-half a foot of gas per
hour Is burned by a tw~enty-four can
| dle-power light. making the cost for
each light OF this amount one-half
cent an hour. This Is said TO he about
| the same az the cost NJ burning kero-
sene.
There is a big difference in cost.
convenience and efficiency between the
various a~cetylene outfits. One OF thu
low price generators sells for $40 and
must ne installed outside the house.
preferably in n brick or concrete pit.
This Is difficult to get at. and the out
lit II not always dependable. ON the
other hand. a high grade generator
with gasoneter tank. which will no.
fail. which ha. safety devices anal ma,
he installed in n cellar within ten feat
of a furnace. costs about three tunes
as much rs the cheap outfit. Al
though tho buyer Of the high grAd-
plant may have reason 20 think ne I.
taxed somewhat for tho uamc and
also in the interest OF tho flung fra
ternity, he may vet conc.II~ Tint II
paws to have tho best.
Fixtures are a considerable tom in
any lighting system and may be Fig
ured from So up for an ord.nar,
small house.
Most economical 81 al = the no.
low wire lighting -ystom. t;t~..,r,
70 put under air pressure 100 n s'..
tank by means ~ n hand pump { Il.
led through flexible l,I..N w-r,.
throughout the house. rluIo p -
tie expense "f ins'tilatiou a.I mo
wire. may he run al.g- anywhere
outside a. We lH ir~Ir wal. ur .ai
titions \ Ell: -,llun ti'h N!tt sii-
and valves and n plnip 40" VI"'"i g
s720. TO w,.es ar. ia'>i"us.. TO-
but fixtures cost quito \ bit. 4 cool
stov may loo served &C. W,'I &C. 'u.
lighting.
, l'nlcSs tho shifting T. stem 90 rn
c,sss, ana 'hr'" arc rio''y ~ tx
lures To- pgnv.to f'r '>.,.'...t.
We, ne regular use fur OFF .,.-. .n'.
stairs. piano and rc1ir- 'i'l" ALL
with the rest ia hotter go ,rtt ..
the attemp, to ho mo icG' lud g"
right back to keroscn" and can "s S.
we'll shaded Kerosene lamp NJ lie '
bow il worth a Wilderness ~ ,land
li-rs which Glaro down f..n a h
ceiling. Unless VOW have .'l Uastrr
on the walls "a illuminate there is
no particular reason for t'uu.nat ~-
tho walls, II o hava ancestors Co.
show. you may show Thorn by ia,
light. 4 reform IN modern lighting .s
needed, Il Is opposed by o~c".'S;s a'u
some lighting people
The next and Inst article IN 'hls
series will tell nhout commut.rs garden
and little farms for city folsS.