. Journal of electricity . placed in the baseboard but in the boudoir orbreakfast room they should be the height of thetable. 7. Be sure and install a two-way switch forexclusive day and night service. This will cut downthe connected load on which the rate schedule isbased. B. Be sure and have one bed room in the housewired up for an extension telephone, bell extension,extra outlets, and separate switch for side and centerlights. Such a room will prove of great value ifanyone in the house becomes ill. 9. Be sure and have a three-way switch so thatthe power and lighting circuits can be used sep
. Journal of electricity . placed in the baseboard but in the boudoir orbreakfast room they should be the height of thetable. 7. Be sure and install a two-way switch forexclusive day and night service. This will cut downthe connected load on which the rate schedule isbased. B. Be sure and have one bed room in the housewired up for an extension telephone, bell extension,extra outlets, and separate switch for side and centerlights. Such a room will prove of great value ifanyone in the house becomes ill. 9. Be sure and have a three-way switch so thatthe power and lighting circuits can be used sepa-rately or together. 10. Be sure and have a master switch at thehead of the bed that will control all the lights in the house irrespective of the position of their separateswitches. This will save the houseowner many aheart-throb when he hears a noise down stairs in themiddle of the night. 11. Be sure that basement and garage lightsare controlled by three-way switches. They will savemany steps and probably some bad The electrical homes which are now being opened to the public are by nomeans the first of their kind, as can be seen from the above floor planof the home of H. H. Courtright, manager of the Valley Electrical SupplyCompany of Fresno, California. The indirect lighting reflectors used on theporches are among the many items which go to make this home beautifuland complete through electricity. August 15, 1920] JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY 169 12. Be sure that the porch has a porch lightthat does its duty, that is one that lights the porch. 13. Be sure to have a switch controUing thelights of each room near the door. A snap switch atthe fixture may be all right for certain types of fix-tures, but some day the owner may want to put inindirect lighting. 14. Be sure to keep the circuits below case the owner decides to add more lights therewill be capacity enough in the circuit to add themon without having to put in an entirely new circuit. 15. Be sure that ther
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