Evening star., 1941-11-01
Wall Base Assembly
Will Furnish Ample
Electric Outlets
Unit Will Also Hide
All Telephone and
Light Wires
By LAWRENCE CROLIUS.

Most old houses and apartments
have sparse accommodations for the
plugging in of lamps and other cleo
trical appliances. For some reason
the builders and architects of yes
teryear seemed a bit reluctant to
provide an adequate number of
electric outlets around the various
rooms, but perhaps it was only be-
cause they failed to foresee the wide
Use which would be made of floor
and table lamps and other electrical
devices such as toasters and irons.
II your home is one of the many
which are ''under-outleted' you
more than likely have one outlet
tucked over in a corner of a room
10 which you connect a myriad of
gadgetS by means of double and
triple plugs, and lengths of cord
stretched under the rugs and tackled
TO baseboards. While this system
has no doubt proved perfectly salts
factory, there is no small fire hazard
caused by all these light, umpro-
tected wires and loose plugs It Ger
talnly doesn't help the appearance
OF the room, either, with a clutter
OF wires piled up in various ineffi-
eient attitudes.
This haphazard system OF outlets
can all be eliminated if you install
a clever new wall base assembly
which concealS all electric and tele-
phone wires, and also makes it pos
sible for you to get at those various
wires and make additional outlets
at will.
Concealed Conduit.
II you are doing a major remodel
ing Job which involves replastering
you can use completely concealed
conduit which is installed flush with
the plaster wall. On a moderniza-
ton Job Of moderate size you can
use base conduit which is placed
In front OF the plaster line.
These new conduits are made of
steel and are large enough to hold
all the wires of different kinds that
any one would need in an average
room: They are arranged so that
tney have closures which slip on and
on with ease, thus making it pos
slole Tor you to add more outlets or
telephone connections without hav-
Ing TO flSh around for the wires.
IneSe closures can be made of wood.
steel. tile or number of other ma
terlals. but the standard material
rs steel with duplex outlets for re-
eeptacles every 80 inches.
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tools to install these base conduits
and the type which is located outside
the plaster line is screwed to the
Hoor without the use of wood
grounds. With the more serious
conduit, you have the assembly put
In place in the wall, the electrician
comes along and installs the wiring
and the plasterer runs his plaster SO
that 1t comes down flush with the
top edge of the conduit.
After that has been taken care
OF. the front part, or closure is
stepped into place and the lob is
done. There is no danger of mar
ring the basebOardS with this sys-
tenn because the painter can be
beaAS oiCHl UclOe lIleV are Dill
on and the floors can be sanded
and finished at the same time.
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Darkroom VentiIator.
II you have Photographic dark
room in the basement of your house.
you have probably been bothered
by the lack OF ventilation which re-
suits when the doors are tightly
closed. After all, you can't have
the rest of the house plunged into
darkness just because you want to
make pretty pictures with the door
open, so it behooves you to install
son1e sort of ventilator which will
provide plenty of fresh air, and re-
move that unpleasant dampness and
variety Of odors which 60 with
the art.
A special ventilator is now being
made just for this purpose, and is
. simple device to install. All you