. Agricultural engineering; a text book for students of secondary schools of agriculture, colleges offering a general course in the subject and the general reader. Agricultural engineering. FARM SANITATION 523 the power unless required to do other work while running the generator. If pumping, churning, and other forms of light work are contemplated, a two-horsepower engine will usually be found very satisfactory. The storage battery must con- tain 56 cells, and if they are of the 20-ampere-hour size they will furnish all of the lamps with current for four Fig. 318. Engine, dynamo, stor
. Agricultural engineering; a text book for students of secondary schools of agriculture, colleges offering a general course in the subject and the general reader. Agricultural engineering. FARM SANITATION 523 the power unless required to do other work while running the generator. If pumping, churning, and other forms of light work are contemplated, a two-horsepower engine will usually be found very satisfactory. The storage battery must con- tain 56 cells, and if they are of the 20-ampere-hour size they will furnish all of the lamps with current for four Fig. 318. Engine, dynamo, storage battery, and switchboard of an elec- tric lighting plant. The Cost of the Plant. The total cost of plant may be estimated as follows: 1 2-horsepower gasoline engine $125 1 3^-kilowatt generator 60 1 storage battery, 20-ampere-hour, 56 cells at $ 140 1 complete switchboard 75 17 tungsten lamps 7 12 carbon lamps 3 Wiring 50 Fixtures 30 Total cost $490 The Cost of Light. The cost of operating the plant will be principally that of gasoline, which, at the usual price, will. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davidson, Jay Brownlee, 1880-1957. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb Pub. Co.
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