The Washington times., 1929-04-08
Help For the Man Who Wants to Build
An Electric Wiring
Service Now Ready
For Home Builders

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ny The Architects' Small
House Service Bureau Of the
United States, Inc.
The Red Seal Plan Of electric wir-
ing IL one OF service. It has moth
ing to sell. Even Its advice Is free.
It Ii q program devised by the cleo
trical associations to help home
builders to get their houses ade-
Qtiatsly wired for service and illunn-
ination.
Like otherfnechanical installations
about the house -and, ms far as that
is concerned, like the methods of
construction - slap-dash, thought
less, and faulty electrical installa-
tons must yield before expert opin-
ion. Too long people have left their
electrical Installations TO mere guess
work with al It's attendant incon-
veriences and inadequacieS.
Now we have this great national
organization, designed for service
and nothing more, to advise home
may be built from any approved
conduction Of electrical energy. BY
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that conform to the requirements of
the National Electrical code, or TO
any local code or ordinance that has
requirements In excess Of the ma
tional code. This means that q Red
Seal installation may be wiring in
rigid conduit or In armored cable,
or, II the local code permits, by the
knob and tube scheme commonly
called open wiring. It does not re-
strict the home builder to the
product of any particular manufac-
turer.
Program Economical
The Red Seal program is not de-
signed to encourage home builders
to add useless or over-abundant cleo
trical outlets. On the contrary, 1t
provides only for the minimum re-
QulPements of adequate wiring.
These requirements may be con-
sidered as & reasonable standard
of adequacy and are based on .
study Of the facilities which should
be available in every well equipped
home today.
The ideal way for you to secure
q good wiring arrangement IN your
home ID for you to secure q set Of
blue prints 81 the rough sketches
Of your house from your architect,
and submit them to the local cleo
trical league for q Red Seal layout.
II the plan suggested meets with
the approval of your architect, he
may easily Incorporate it in the
final working drawings. II you do
not have the services of an archi-
tect or are using plans of The
Architects' Small House Service
Bureau, your local electrical league
can designate the Red Seal layout
on set Of your plans in colored
pencil
Includes Inspection
In the event that the layout Is
adopted and contract signed for
this work, the next step for the
electrical league In your locality is
the inspection of the work as 1t pro-
crosses. The field representative
will visit the building, seeing that
the outlets go in as planned and
that the work is done according to
ing jurisdiction. After the work
Is placed on the cut-out cabinet and
certificate issued to the building.
This certificate is notice to the
world that the building 50 marked
has q complete electrical system
and bears the stamp Of approval Of
the industry backing II. Also this
symbol will be q great aid in a
resale Of the property or in renting
the building or apartment
Red Seal applies only TO the
dwelling portion Of any house or
apartment. Copyright 1929. The
Architects Small House Service
Bureau Of the United States Inc.