Evening star., 1941-04-05
FIuorescentLights
Give Large Amount
Of Illumination
New Kind of Outlet
For Cos Appliances
Placed on Market
By LAWRENCE CROLIUS.


Few rooms in the home require an
adequate supply of light quite as
badly as the kitchen. Other rooms
might seem mellower and more
pleasant with a meager amount of
light from lamps and indirect fix
lures, but unless the Fitchen is
brightly Illuminated it not only looks
untidy, but places a decided strain
on the eyes of the housewife who
spends such large amount of her
time there.
Many kitchens depend on the light
given off by a white globe ceiling
fixture, but unless the globe is clean
and the bulb of proper wattage there
is likely to be dim glow up there
instead of an eye-easing supply of
light for recipe reading, silver clean
ing and all the other chores that
demand close eye work. No doubt
you have seen the amazing amount
of light which the new fluoreScent
tube lights give off. Well, one of
those new lights can now be installed
in place of the old fixture at sur
prisingly low cost, and the room will
be flooded with pleasing, efficient
light.
Unlike other lights of low wattage,
these new f1uoreScent tube fixtures
give off a tremendous amount of
illumination for the amount of cur
rent they consume. They are filled
wis gas-like neon signs, but they
are also coated with a chemical
substance on the inside which is
activated by the electrified gas and
made to give off a large amount of
extra light as dividend, so to speak.
Thus the two 20-watt, 24-inch tubes
with which this fixture is equipped
will give off many times the quantity
of light that you would ordinarily
expect from such low total wat
tage.
The two tubes on this unit are
mounted on a well-made metal
holder equipped with reflectors fin
ished IN sturdy, glossy white
enamel. They are not indirect re-
Electors, but are built for straight
down illumination so that the
greatest amount of light is made
available at all times. The new
fixture can be mounted directly on
any standard or inch fixture
holder and includes the underwrit-
ers' approved ballasts and starters.
1t must be used on 110 to 125 volts,
60-cycle a. c. current, and because
Of the special filters which are pro-
vided it can be attached to the CELL
ing fixture very quickly by any
electrician.
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New Outlet for Gas Appliances.
A new gas outlet for the attach
ment of space heaters and other gas
appliances has recently been brought
out which looks for all the world
like an electrical plug outlet and
works like one. 1t is equipped with
an attractive nodded plastic cover
plate in either ivory or walnut and
the hinged cover hides the ss-inch
brass connection onto which the
various appliances are attached
Completely eliminating the old
fashioned hose connectors and in
secure thumb operated valves which
have caused no little trouble for
many years, this new outlet is placed
in the wall or Dashboard with only
the cover plate showing. A rugged
steel outlet box is installed in the
wall first, which houses the special
forged brass control valve. This
valve can be opened only by lifting
the mi-concealed handle to a
horizontal position, thus making it
next to impossible for the gas to
be turned on accidentally. When
the gas is off the handle folds down
into the cover plate.
An added safety feature is a
clever patented locking device
which makes it impossible for the
gas to be turned on unless the ap-
pliance is connected. Thus the use
of gas appliances is tremendously
simplified and modernizeG and an