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Show Don't Starve Electric Appliances Handy table appliances make buffet suppers a delight Feed them enough electricity through proper wiring liy Elizabeth Sweeney (From McCall's Magazine) Is your house properly wired?! Or do your electric appliances fail to give you all the service they can and should just because you're starving them? Do fuses perversely blow out often especially at the wrong time? Do the lights flicker when the refrigerator goes on? These are symptoms of "under-nourished" appliances and poor wiring. wir-ing. But in the house that is properly prop-erly wired, the electric appliances appli-ances work like a charm. You can serve bountiful bullet suppers sup-pers using all your handy table appliances coffee maker, waffle iron and table broiler. Supply a 3-wire circuit heavier than for lighting outlets and tap outlets off alternately so there's no danger o blown fuses. Your range and refrigerator and home freezer will supply you with done-to-a-turn hot meals, chilled salads and frozen foods. Y"ou can 6leep under an electric blanket, with lamps, electric clocks and radio at hand and have closet lights that turn off with the closing door. Y'ou can wash clothes, dry them and iron them in a few hou:s, come rain or chine, providing there are enough circuits of the right size. You can have light for reading, bridge and general illumination just where you want it. Half of each double outlet may be wired for switch control. The secret of success is that when you turn a switch just the right amount of electricity flows along just the right size and kind of wire so that appliancQS work perfectly. Many houses are not properly wired. And many a who wouldn't think of trying to feed a family of 10 on enough food for two is trying to feed 10 appliances on only enough current for two. This is not a complicated subject. sub-ject. An electric circuit simply means the wires through which the electricity runs. Large appliances appli-ances require more current and should be fed by heavy duty circuits, cir-cuits, usually a separate one for each large appliance. Smaller appliances need appliance circuits, cir-cuits, and lights, radios and cleaners need still smaller or general purpose circuits. However How-ever you should not put too many small appliances on one appliance circuit or too many lights on a general purpose circuit. For a small house which has a wealth of electric appliances and outlets you should have 6 heavy duty circuits, 3 appliance and 3 general purpose circuits. These provide not only for the usual appliances, but also an exhaust ex-haust fan in the kitchen, a built-in built-in sun lamp in the bathroom, a portable sun lamp for the bedroom, bed-room, weatherproof outlets on the terrace, switches in handy spot" and enough convenience outlets so that you can change the furniture about and plug in ; at will. Ho.v can you tell whether ; you've got proper wiring? If your fuses blow out, if your lights flicker when you attach the vacuum sweeper, if your heating appliances are slow, that's proof. If your house was wired 10 years ago or more, the chances are that you haven't enough. How can you get proper wiring? wir-ing? The best way is to call in a good electrical contractor, tell him just what appliances you use or expect to use and where and have him put in the proper wiring. If you are building a new house give this information to your architect or contractor. Don't skimp on the wiring. It's better to nave too much capacity than too little. You may want to buy a home freezer next year or one of those electronic air cleaning units. Remember, too, that the new faster heating appliances require more current than the old. And don't forget that it's cheaper to put in enough circuits and outlets out-lets at the start than to tear out walls to add more later. For as little as an extra 2 percent on the over-all cost of building a new home you can provide wiring wir-ing suited to your needs, which will pay dividends for years in easy housekeeping. Copyright, 1946, McCall Corporation 'v. ' ' |
