The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-01-24

prepared, mixed and cooked by
electricity, where water is heated,
dishes are washed. Where even
garbage Is disposed Of (that may
be q little hard on the pigs and
the dogs thought where, there IL
ventilation BY fans. With the
clock near by and Of course q small
radio. Care then must be given
to this electrical supply line, be-
fore q kitchen is remodeled or q
home built.
To have a smooth supply Of
work, there must be enough con.
venient outlets, this faucet" thru
which electricity is drawn. Many
people think. because the initial
cost is sometimes figured by num-
Der of outlets) they will save mon
ey by only putting in few out
lets and add more later. This will
not work if your supply line is not
adequate. It must be large enough
to deliver the amount of electro
city necessary to operate the equip
ment efficiently and economically.
Our main supply line, where the
electricity enters the house, must
carry sufficient voltage to oper-
ate all this equipment. The en-
trance should have wires, the
3rd wire, provides the additional
capacity that makes it possible to
install an electric range, tn eleec-
trio water heater and other home
equipment which operates at $50
volts. The branch lines or cir
cults which branch off are very
important to kitchen equipment.
If you have an electric range, or
a dish washer or this waste dis
posal unit, it should have an in
dividual circuit. Even tho, you
do not plan to install all of this
equipment the first year, it will
prove more economically If the
circuits are put in when you re-
model or build. At least, please
provide spare terminals in the dis
tribution cabinet, you know the
fuse box, or circuit breaker.
Slow heating, of some of your
equipment may actually be due to
faulty wiring and not in the iron,
or waffle iron, you have cussed
for not performing properly. Elec-
tricity cannot function properly II
some of its force or (voltage) is
checked off thru wires that are
too small. Whenever there is 5
per cent loss in Voltage there is
q 10 per cent loss in heat effici-
ency, due to inadequate size wires.
Now that we know this-We can
set up rules which tell us the cor
rect wire size to use for. Electric
Range circuits and those supply
ing the juice for the larger equip
ment. If we use these recommen-
dations for proper wire size and
circuits our equipment will oper-
ate with the efficiency which was
built into it.
Large as the refrigerator is, you
would imagine it would requwire
an individual circuit, but its motor
uses relatively little electricity
when operating. However when
the motor starts the '.load" on
the electricity supply system is
much higher for a second or two.
Add this increase to the total wat
tage of other kitchen equipment
which may be in use at the same
time, and you can see why the
circuits serving the kitchen needs
special consideration.
The rules call for one or more
circuits in the kitchen serving only
convenience outlets, mot lights or
cloclk) with q capacity Of 20 am
peres that's (23OW watts each.
Two such circuits are better
than one, this permits ample space
capacity and allows home makers
to perform, several electrical tasks
at q time without causing q fuse
to blow or the circuit breaker to
open. The lights, the electric
clock and the radio, require cleo
tricity from one Of the homes gem
eral purpose circuits IS amperes
or (1725) watts). There should be
one for every 500 50. #. Of total
floor area.
Now where shall we place the
outlets? For every work space
have one duplex convenience, It
will save carrying utensils, from
one work counter to another and
back again. Also you can use