By } Se ee Ds rmeeatnin. Hi Swaine = 2 : ae “ae ¥ otete, Ca Mee se Dec., 1925 (50m) THE HOME OF A HUNDRED COMFORTS GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY MERCHANDISE DIVISION BRIDGEPORT, CONN. GEA-271 Old serves Y-1834B Wy Wt % AF) aly TOUTS cy ., Hy “ ‘ s AN a adly iteqrc lcs i VLA len off ‘ i Pen) IA My ge AMT DEN ate USF h het ee oan Ae Oi Oe RIN a MY In the quest for happiness there is little to choose etween a mansion and a cottage if both have the comforts ofa home. Complete wiring can make each “THE HOME OF A HUNDRED COMFORTS” The Measure of Home Comfort OU measure the comfort of your home by its convenience. In these days con- venience is, in large part, a matter of electrical service, and the effectiveness of this service depends on the completeness of the wiring system. Complete wiring is neither complicated nor expensive. If you are preparing to build a new home, you plan your plumbing system as a unit and you make sure that it will be complete. At the same time and for the same reason, you will appreciate the economy of building a complete electrical system into the structure as it is erected. On the other hand, if your present dwelling is not wired, or if it is inadequately wired, you will find the electrical con- tractor’s resources quite equal to supplying the deficiency and installing electrical con- venience in the old home. A complete wiring system provides for all the electric lights, for their proper control, and for the appliances that you or a future occupant of your house may h some day want to use. The value to a future owner is really its value Die Ga one to you—that is, he will be more likely to buy and to pay your price an eee th ie for a house that meets A7s electrical requirements. When you install a HESS REE complete wiring system, you put into your house a value far in excess of the small sum which it costs—value that will be returned to you in full if you should ever sell, and that will bring its own annual interest if you rent the house. The complete wiring system is a direct and inexpensive avenue to the important objects of domestic economy. The unelectrified house is like a factory that uses only hand processes. The completely wired home opens its Bs eee. of a doors to the whole range of home machinery. Here the vacuum 5 ate at Wir ing System cleaner takes over the hard labor of sweeping and furniture cleaning— without dust, without wear, and, above all, hygienically. Here the electric washing machine and electric ironer lift the work and weariness of the laundry from the housewife’s shoulders. Here a tiny motor performs all the ard tasks of the kitchen. Nor is the housewife the only member of the family who finds in electricity a conserver of strength and an aid to efficient work. Many a man of mechanical bent takes keen pleasure in little home tasks of repair and construction. Complete wiring, especially in the attic and cellar and in the garage, allows him to use an electric soldering iron or electric glue pot without recourse to other sources of heat than the current from the nearest outlet or socket. This convenient energy also serves him in the quick accurate use of tools that can be operated by the same small motor which is so great a help in the kitchen. If this house is going to be your home, you can realize perfect satisfaction only if you are able to make convenient use of electrical appliances—only as The Comfort of & you can change the arrangement of the lamps as often as you desire Oma Gea —only as you make electricity a servant who follows or precedes System : you from room to room, ready at every point to light your way and lighten your labor. Complete wiring is the road to a hundred comforts. Electric heating devices— percolators, urns, toasters, grills, and the like are available on the porch or in the sun parlor in summer, in the dining room and the living room at all times, and, when occasion requires, in the bed rooms and sick room. Electric fans supply cooling breezes and keep the air fresh in any part of the house; electric heaters make cosy the cold corners in fall and winter; while electric curling irons, heating pads, and flatirons can be moved about and used at any convenient point. There is, too, an undeniable prestige in complete wiring. The hostess whose home is made distinctive by the refinement of soft lights rightly placed, and controlled by the touch of a switch—who can offer her guests dainty dishes prepared in beautiful elec- trical heating devices—is one whom acquaintances love to visit and whose taste they admire even while they may entertain a little good-natured envy as they appreciate the distinc- tion of her surroundings. All this enjoyment is made available by the installation of a complete wiring system. a, AS Your Assurance of Comfort HEN you make a purchase on which you depend for a lifetime’s service, your thought is ““how good” rather than “how cheap.” This is especially true when the best costs but little more than an inferior product. It is in the highest degree true of a wiring system. You will never see the most important part—the part that is hidden behind the walls; you cannot inspect it before buying. How, then, shall you choose? The answer is, ‘ COR faith”’—faith in the responsi- bility, experience, skill, and good repute of the electrical contractor who is to install it— faith in his use of only the highest quality material. Only when a contractor has demon- strated that he possesses these qualifications and that all his material is invariably of the best, has he earned the right to your confidence. There is another reason why you should select such a contractor. The reputation that he has gained is at stake when he does your work. Obviously, then, you will be guided not so much by a low bid as by a high reputation. Complete wiring —exclusive of lighting fixtures —installed by an electrical contractor thus qualified and using the best material and workmanship costs between 2% and 3% of the total building cost. The contractor who offers you a bid much lower than this probably does so by reducing the quality or limiting the service, and the difference in dollars and cents can never compen- sate for your loss. Complete housewiring, with all its attendant advantages in the use of electrical appliances and the convenient control of lights, is a possession of which to be proud. In order that you may realize its intimate application, our friend—your friend—the Qualified Contractor, will in the following pages conduct you through a house with a complete wiring system—The Home of a Hundred Comforts. At the Front Door (19 IRST impressions strike deep. This is equally true of men and of houses. A cordial personality invites further acquaintanceship; an attractive approach invests a house with an irresistible atmosphere of invitation. The entrance is the welcoming hand of the home. “Architects recognize the importance of a pleasing exterior and doorway by introduc- ing the most graceful lines and agreeable color that their art commands, but it remains for electricity to give your home an even more significant charm when night has veiled its architecture and dulled its colors. “When you walk along a city street after dusk, you never fail to notice the lighted entrances and bright windows. They carry a ‘homey’ suggestion. In suburban districts the charm of the lighted porch is even more pronounced and is, besides, a very real pro- tection. “These electric lights, set at either side of the entrance, are the first greetings of the home to your friends and visitors. They mark your home as one whose hospitality extends beyond the front door and takes thought of the guest even before his approach is known. The mellow light behind your drawn curtains is further evidence of the welcome that awaits within. In short, your house is endowed with your personality and projects it across the night as far as its lamps can throw their rays.” TheVestibule and Front Hall (<9 HEN you enter your home at night, your first need is light. That Tumbler Switch, close by the front door, is ready to hand. Just a touch of your finger—or even of your elbow—and the vestibule is flooded with light. Beside it is another Tumbler Switch that controls the entrance lights. “Two of the three switches just inside the entrance to the hall repeat the function of the two in the vestibule; the third operates the hall center light, which is also separately controlled through the switch in the hall, next the living room door. “With this arrangement of switches, the front porch and the vestibule light can be operated in the vestibule or in the front hall. The front hall light itself can be controlled at the entrance to the hall, at the entrance to the living room, and also from the upper hall. These devices, controlling the same lights from more than one convenient location, are three-way and four-way Tumbler Switches. Later you will be told more about them. The switch at the foot of the stairs controls the lights in the hall above. There is also a Twin Convenience Outlet in the baseboard for the operation of a vacuum cleaner or for a decorative table lamp and an electric fan. “This vestibule and hall are completely wired with seven Tumbler Switches, a Twin Convenience Outlet, and two ceiling outlets.” we ¢ cl geal i The Living Room OU spend most of your time in the living room. Here you read and sew and watch the children at play. You entertain callers here, too, and know that they will judge your home and housekeeping by the atmosphere of this room. You, yourself, use every part of it at some time, and no matter where you are, you need electrical service. “Everyone has table lamps or floor lamps and likes to rearrange them from time to ; ‘ time, but no one likes to string long wires from the wall brackets—and Making Life remove the lamps so that the connection can be made. Hence several Convenient Convenience Outlets have been installed, one close to each place where a lamp may be wanted. “Another purpose is to allow the convenient use of appliances—a vacuum cleaner, an electric fan in summer and a portable heater on winter mornings, a chafing dish or a percolator for small gatherings. Thus, too, you can most conveniently use a Tungar, the simplest, cleanest, and least expensive device for charging radio batteries—for radio sets are almost a matter of course in modern homes. There is also a Convenience Outlet in the floor, just under the center table, for the table lamp. “Music lovers will find much comfort in an abundance of convenience outlets. This is a day of electrically operated phonographs and pianos. Wherever it is desired to place such a musical instrument, there it can be conveniently used if the room be completely wired; and wherever there is need for clear light on one’s music, there a lamp can be placed. “This room should sum up all possible electrical comfort as well as all electrical convenience—and what finer comfort is there than plentiful light, correctly distributed and elastically controlled? “Here, if anywhere, there should be enough wall lights to give close illumination to any portion of the room. Six wall Elexits have been installed at carefully distributed points, permitting you to have as many wall lights as you want—and where you want them. Each can be separately controlled at its own socket, but, with this arrangement, all are thrown on or off by this Tumbler Switch just inside the entrance from the hall. The Comfort of Light “But this is not the whole story. You have noticed that there is a second switch at this door. It controls the center light, but is also connected behind the walls with another Tumbler Switch at the opposite door—the one that opens on the sun parlor. Each of these switches will throw the ceiling light on or off; so by whichever door you enter or leave, you can in passing light the room before you or leave it dark behind you. There is another switch that lights up the sun parlor should you have occasion to enter it at night. “Before we explore this completely wired house any farther, let us look back at the path of light which was laid before the owner’s feet, so that he was A Pak never, for a single second, in the dark. As he passed the threshold, the ; aes of vestibule was instantly illuminated. He crossed to the hallway and, Tight even as he entered, the light preceded him. In like manner, when he reached the living room he dispelled the darkness there so that the light guided his very first step. He walked over to the sun parlor and made ¢hat brilliant before he had even opened the door. At every point he was able to throw off the lights that he no longer needed, and on his return he simply reversed the process, unrolling his path of light before his feet and gathering it up as he passed. When we go from the hall through the dining room and kitchen—and even to the garage—we shall find the same safety and convenience through the same simple means. “We spoke of the children and their play. To them the most fascinating of all toys are electrical—miniatures of railroad trains, motors, derricks, and cranes—playthings that do not need ‘winding up’ but keep on going wherever the proper kind of electric current is available. In the Service of Play “Tn this room, with its many convenience outlets—and in any other room that may serve as a nursery—there are many places to use these toys. All that is needed is a Toy Transformer, a little device that is plugged into the outlet and reduces the house current to the small power that is needed for these, the most delightful and instructive of all toys. ‘““A complete wiring system serves adult recreation as well as the young folks’ play. It is desirable to have a ‘bridge lamp’ at each table when friends are assembled for a card party. The hostess who can connect these at all parts of the room and so be unhampered in her arrangement of tables, secures the most beautiful effects and wins the admiration of her guests. “The flexibility of lighting arrangement afforded by complete wiring is supplemented, in matters of size and power, by the wide range of Mazpa lamps. There is a special lamp for every type of fixture whether the purpose be decorative or for illumination. It is part of the contractor’s service to indicate and supply the right lamp for each socket. “All this convenience is made possible by four Tumbler Switches, six wall outlets, one ceiling outlet, and seven Convenience Outlets.” The Dining Room 6 HE dining room is a place where distinction in entertainment is a matter of pride and where family comfort is a daily requirement. Housekeepers have learned to obtain these by means of electrical appliances, and they appreciate the complete wiring that makes these appliances so easy to use. “There is no more popular purchase or gift than an electric toaster or percolator or chafing dish. They are beautiful in appearance and of every day usefulness. Almost every family owns one or more of these appliances, and no house is completely wired that does not provide for their convenient use. The Convenience Outlet under the table is especially wired to take care of them. The cord may be carried through an eyelet in the rug to the appliances. “There are also three baseboard Convenience Outlets, one of which is located with particular reference to the service table for the convenient use of a heating plate or grill. The others provide for a vacuum cleaner as well as for an electric fan or portable heater. In addition, two outlets have been placed in the bay window, at a height of four and a half feet from the floor, for buffet cooking appliances or electric candlesticks. “While we are here in the dining room, I would like to emphasize the matter of appearance. It is perfectly possible to run the cords from a toaster Ae Value of and a percolator up to the overhead light. You can load a fixture Pica arce with enough sockets or makeshift devices to take care of these leads, but the result is unspeakably ugly and cheap in appearance. It discounts all the dignity of good furniture and spoils the effect of your good taste. J 10}- “The floor outlet, in itself a small matter to install, is one of those little refinements of wiring that set a mark of distinction on the whole room. It isn’t asif electric percolators and chafing dishes and toasters were rare possessions; they are coming into ordinary use more and more, and they are recognized as the most appropriate of Christmas and wedding gifts. However, their beauty is blemished and their convenience lessened when the cords are carried overhead, and, as I have said, the otherwise sightly room is sadly disfigured. “All this is equally true of other appliances that are often needed in the dining room. Imagine, for example, the appearance of this service table if the grill were attached to one of the wall brackets from which the lamp had been removed to make the connection possi- ble. An electric fan adds everything to the comfort of a dining room in hot weather, but a long cord, stretching to a lighting outlet and perverting its function, is as objectionable as any that might be carried to the ceiling fixture. “Nowhere else in the house has the lighting scheme so decorative a value as in the dining room. Here, as you see, the finest taste has been exercised with The Lich the intent to give full effect to begat side fixtures and to the ceiling h . S . light. that Adorns “The illumination is controlled very much as in the living room. As you enter from the hallway you can throw on the center light by tipping one of these two Tumbler Switches. The other switch throws on the side lights as in the living room. These are so distributed as to emphasize the architectural beauties of the room. The control of the ceiling fixture is a three-way switch, which enables you to throw the center light on or off at the kitchen door as well as at the hall entrance. As we pass on to the kitchen, you will find another branch of the path of light with which we became familiar on the other side of the house. “This room is completely wired with three Tumbler Switches, six Convenience Outlets, five wall outlets, and one ceiling outlet. “The dining room suggests the threefold comfort of electricity—the simultaneous service in different forms—that it brings to dwellers in completely wired homes. Imagine this the scene of a gay little supper party on Threefold a summer night. The soft light shines on a merry company about the poor table whence an electric chafing dish spreads seductive odors. At one side an electric fan is swinging and showers its grateful breeze across the warm air. Light, Heat, Power! The three are separately serving each individual though all are drawn from one source of energy; and the three forms of service are made possible by complete wiring and by the appliances that complete wiring puts at the easy command of the hostess.” of a }-. The Kitchen « AM glad that this kitchen is so completely equipped with electrical appliances, because it will show you how thorough a provision for every possible saving of labor can be made within a small space. As I have said, a complete wiring system doesn’t call for a complete set of appliances—it simply makes the use of any or all of them not only possible, but easy. “There is only one Twin Convenience Outlet in this completely wired kitchen, but it is placed so as to be most available for every demand—over the kitchen table, and four and a half feet above the floor. It can be connected with an egg beater and with a little household motor for mixing bread, freezing ice cream, grinding meat, and a dozen other kinds of kitchen work. It is also in the most convenient position to use with an electric dishwasher, an appliance that has come into high favor not only because of the quick, easy way in which it disposes of a disagreeable task, but also because cf the hygienic conditions under which it does the work. “Should you want to do a little quick pressing without going to the laundry, you can connect an electric iron at this outlet and at the same time, if the weather be warm, operate an electric fan. : “Your kitchen is, after all, simply a housekeeper’s workshop; Weenie te it is not an appropriate place for decorative lighting, but 1t does demand er the most efficient illumination that can be installed. You will note that the lights, while few, are adjusted to every kitchen need. The bright ceiling light, with its “J 12 }-. severely plain fixture, is controlled by three-way Tumbler Switches, one at the door of the dining room and the other at the door that leads to the back hall. Thus, by which- ever entrance you come or go, you can instantly throw the principal light on or off. There are only two wall lights, as you see, one over the sink and the other over the kitchen table. They are controlled by pull chains, a separate switch being considered unnecessary. “While we are examining the lights, let us step out into the back hall where we shall find a three-way switch controlling a light at the back porch, which is also thrown off or on at the garage. Near it is a switch that operates the back hall light, and on the back porch is another that controls the light outside the garage. At the head of the cellar stairs is a device that often prevents the waste of current. It is a switch that throws on the cellar lights, combined with a little red warning lamp which reminds you that those lights are burning. The same kind of connection can be made with the attic lights if you desire. “In communities where special rates are made for the consumption of current in electric ranges, an important housekeeping problem is greatly simpli- fied. Electrical cooking consumes the least expensive fuel; it prepares food better and with less attention than is required by a coal range, and absolutely eliminates fuel odors and the toil of carrying coal and ashes. This range is provided with a special heating circuit, separately metered from the other circuits. There are electric ranges to fit any condition of space and position. Cooking Electrically “In connection with the work that is done in the kitchen and the laundry, you have always an anxious thought as to scrupulous cleanliness. Remember that the electrically equipped home is also equipped hygienically. If you are able to use an electric range, a dish washer, or a washing machine, you command an appliance that is peculiarly sanitary. This is equally true of vacuum cleaners, and applies to the health-maintaining properties of electric fans and portable heaters, and to the correct distribution oflight. It is no exaggera- tion to say that the electrical home is most likely to be a home of health. “You see here a kitchen equipped with every electrical device for saving labor, for comfort, and for proper illumination. Just imagine for a moment that the room is stripped of every bit of furnishing. What is left? One Convenience Outlet, one Range Outlet, two Tumbler Switches, a ceiling outlet, and two walloutlets. These few connections, installed at small cost, provide for every electrical service. “The utilitarian character of the electrical equipment in the kitchen suggests a part of the housewiring that is equally without ornament but is the very heart of the installation. I refer to the wire, the conductors, and the attach- Behind ing devices that carry the current from the meter and distribute it to the Walls every outlet. “The giant strength of electric current must be carefully guarded in its passage behind the walls and under the floors. In this house only the safest and longest lived material has been used. “When speaking of ‘the careful contractor’ I have in mind a two-fold care. He uses only the best material in the unseen places, primarily with a thought to your future safety and dependence on this part of the installation, but his care extends also to his own good repute, which is built on the permanent satisfaction of his clients.” “f 13 {.. The Sun Parlor ce EFORE leaving this floor, let us go back through the living room and visit the sun parlor. This room serves a double purpose. In summer its windows can be thrown open to every breeze, and it becomes a delightfully roomy porch. In cold weather it is perfectly protected from the elements and yet admits floods of sunlight. Its contribution to year-round comfort is enhanced by a modest but adequate electrical equipment. ““As we have already seen, the decorative ceiling fixture is controlled by a Tumbler _ Switch inside the living room door. In addition, there is a Twin Convenience Outlet in the baseboard for a table lamp, and for percolator and chafing dish when breakfast or luncheon is served here. On the opposite post you might install an outlet for an electric fan, con- trolled by its own switch. “Before ascending to the second story, think of the first floor as an electrical unit. You passed successively through vestibule, hall, living room, dining room, kitchen, and sun parlor, and you found—not six disconnected spaces but a single floor whose partitions were only a convenience and never a limitation. From the vestibule you lighted the hall; from the hall the living room and the dining room, pausing only to throw off the lights behind you; and so through the dining room to the ‘kitchen, and through the living room to the sun parlor. At every step you found the same provision for necessary appliances, and every- where the same assurance of comfort and the same restful illumination.” oJ 14 }- COMFORTS ISOMETRIC DRAWING of FIRST FLOOR OUTLETs, as planned by GENERAL ELECTRIC in “THe Home or A HUNDRED showing Licnts, SwitcHEs and CONVENIENCE ER 4x5; \ =F loor Outlet Nore.— Where Elexits are indicated other types of outlets may be substituted. To light outside of garage 4'-6" from floor (E) ( Total Outlets—82 Type of Outlet 1st Floor | Cellar | Garage Wall Switch Outlets 20 6 3 CEREUS Ceiling Light Outlets 8 6 | 6 Convenience Outlets 16 3 | 2 Range Outlet I . @ =Range Outlet S» =Single-pole Tumbler Switch S* =Double-pole Tumbler Switch S? =Three-way Tumbler Switch St =Four-way Tumbler Switch VESTIBULE 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 44 Ceiling Elexit. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls Nos. 45 and 46 Entrance Lights. Ceiling Elexit LX200. 25-watt lamp is recommended. HALL 4-Way Tumbler Switch GEr6g1, controls No. 38 Ceiling Elexit. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1699, controls No. 38 Ceiling Elexit. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GEr6go, controls No. 44 Vestibule Elexit. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls Nos. 45 and 46 Entrance Lights. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE16g0, controls No. ror Upper Hall Ceiling Elexit. Twin Convenience Outlet GE694, furnishes power for table lamp, vacuum cleaner, etc. Ceiling Elexit LX200. 50-watt lamp is recommended. LIVING ROOM 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 29 Ceiling Elexit. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE16g9, controls No. 29 Ceiling Elexit. S-P. Tumbler Switch GE1688, controls Nos. 20, 21, 23, 27, 32 and 34 Wall Elexits. S-P. Tumbler Switch GE1688, controls No. 16 Ceiling Elexit. - Single Convenience Outlet GE658 Single Convenience Outlet GE658 Single Convenience Outlet GE658 Single Convenience Outlet GE658 Single Convenience Outlet GE658 Single Convenience Outlet GE658 Single Convenience Outlet GE658 Wall Elexit LX111. 15-watt lamp is recommended. Wall Elexit LX111. 15-watt lamp is recommended. Wall Elexit LX111. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Wall Elexit LX111, 25-watt lamp is recommended. Wall Elexit LX111. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Wall Elexit LX111. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Elexit LX200. 200-watt lamp is recommended. SUN PORCH furnishes power for portable lamps, electrically operated musical instruments, vacuum cleaners, fans, etc. Twin Convenience Outlet GE694, furnishes power for portable lamps, fan, cooking appliances, vacuun cleaner, etc. Ceiling Elexit LX200. 75 watts if lamp is of diffusing quality, otherwise only 50, is recommended. DINING ROOM 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 54 Ceiling Elexit. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE16g0, controls No. 54 Ceiling Elexit. S-P. Tumbler Switch GE1688, controls Nos. 50, 52, 56, $9, 62, Wall Elexits. Single Convenience Outlet GE658 | Single Convenience Outlet GE6s58 | furnishes power for cooking appliances, electric Single Convenience Outlet GE658 candlesticks, glow heater, fan, vacuum cleaner, Single Convenience Outlet GE658 etc Single Convenience Outlet GE658 Single Convenience Outlet GE658 * The numbers in this column identify the outlets shown on floor plan, DINING ROOM (Continued) Wall Elexit LXurt. Wall Elexit LX111. Wall Elexit LXu11. Two 15-watt lamps are recommended. Two 15-watt lamps are recommended. Two 15-watt lamps are recommended. Wall Elexit LX111. Two 15-watt lamps are recommended. Wall Elexit LX111. Two 15-watt lamps are recommended. Ceiling Elexit LX200. Two 100-watt lamps in dome fixture are recommended. KITCHEN 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 64 Ceiling Elexit. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1699, controls No. 64 Ceiling Elexit. Twin Convenience Outlet GE694, furnishes power for fan, utility motor, beaters, iron, etc. Special Convenience Outlet GE694, furnishes power for electric range. Wall Elexit LX111. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Wall Elexit LX111. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Elexit LX200. 100-watt lamp is recommended. BACK HALL AND PORCH 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 12 Main Cellar Light. Single-pole Tumbler Switch GE1688, controls No. 7o Hall Center Elexit. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 73 Back Porch Light. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 132 Light Outside Garage. Ceiling Elexit LX200. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Wall Elexit LX1r1. 25-watt lamp is recommended. CELLAR 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE16g90, controls No. 12 Main Cellar Light. S-P. Surface Tumbler Switch GEg7o0, controls No. 2 Heater Room Light. S-P. Surface Tumbler Switch GEg7o, controls No. 4 Fuel Room Light. S-P. Surface Tumbler Switch GEg7o0, controls No, 6 Storage Room Light. S-P. Surface Tumbler Switch GEg7o, controls No. 9 Laundry Light. S-P, Surface Tumbler Switch GEg70, controls No. 15 Vegetable Room Light. Single Convenience Outlet GE658, furnishes power for trouble light, fan, ete. Twin Convenience Outlet rae furnishes power for electric tools, washing machine, Twin. Convenience Outlet GE694 ironer, etc. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88, 25-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. 75-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. 75-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. 25-watt lamp is recommended, GARAGE 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 132 Light Outside Garage. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 173 Back Porch Light. S-P. Tumbler Switch GE1688, controls No. 137 Center Light. Twin Convenience Outlet GE694, furnishes power for Tungar battery chargers, elec- tric tools and appliances. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. 75-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88, _75-watt lamp is recommended. ~ A Backward Look ‘<9 EFORE mounting the stairs to the second floor, we throw on the light in the hall above by means of a Tumbler Switch close by the lower step. In this upper hall there is literally a switch at every door, for, if we so desire, we can turn the hall light off or on through switches that are equally convenient to each of the three bed rooms. No matter where one is sleeping, he can light up the hall without going beyond his door in case of any night alarm or emergency. “At the head of the stairs we pause a moment to look back and watch the lower lights fade out as we tip the switch that controls them. To the mistress of a completely wired home, the backward look is at more than. a literal darkness; in fancy it travels to the days, not so long past, when any measure of home comfort was practically unknown. “Where now she flashes a pathway of light in any direction—to the right or left, above or below—she had formerly to grope through dark halls and rooms until with lighted match she could kindle a feeble oil lamp or gas burner. Where once, with painful labor, she wielded broom and brush to secure an imperfect cleanliness, a vacuum cleaner now takes over the work and does it a hundredfold better. Where, in the recent past, long hours were spent over washtub and ironing board, the laundry is now a mere matter of machines that operate at the turn of a switch. “All these thoughts are in the mind of the modern homemaker as she looks back at the years that were. With her, let us now turn from the darkened stairs to the bright path that leads to more of the Hundred Comforts which a complete wiring system has brought into her life. “Tn these few years electricity has done more than make light a ready convenience, a personal safeguard, and an artistic decoration in the home; it has done more than become the domestic worker—the strong, competent right arm of the household. It has also kept pace with the progress of hygienic science and with the new standards of comfort that minister as well to health. “In the past, the descent of hot weather was, with most people, a thing to be dreaded and suffered, but not to be avoided nor to any extent mitigated. Physical discomfort and nervous strain resulted in lower vitality, especially among small children and invalids. Today, the occupants of properly wired homes can, by the use of electric fans, enjoy a very considerable immunity from summer ills. On the other hand, when keen winds begin to blow and the chill drafts of fall make favorite corners of the House uncomfortable and even dangerous, the ready service of electricity, in the form of a portable heater, is avail- able wherever there is an outlet and contributes to the family health in a way that was never known in the past. Then too, in times of illness, it is no small matter to have instantly available a heating pad instead of the hot-water bottle that our parents used— or an immersion heater fcr the recurring needs of the sick room.” The Bed Rooms “ec N looking through the bed rooms you will be surprised at the amount of solid comfort provided for by a simple wiring installation. Of course you want these rooms to be dainty and pretty, but above all you look for comfort. As we enter one of these rooms, we throw on the ceiling light by means of a three-way switch just inside the door. “The most used lights in a bedroom are those at the dressing table. Here we have a wall light on each side separately controlled by a pull chain. This, however, is but a part of the electrical comfort that complete wiring brings to the toilet. Close by the dressing table, in the baseboard, is a Twin Convenience Outlet for the use of a curling iron, an immersion heater, or perhaps a vibrator. “When one is entertaining house guests, there is a very real satisfaction—and even pride—in being able to put modern comfort and unexpected little conveniences at their disposal. The furnishing of the guest room is the expression of your hospitality, and for that reason you will often have occasion to congratulate yourself on the electrical equip- ment that makes this room a little home in itself. Many women carry electrical toilet appliances when they travel, and the facility for their use, which complete wiring affords, will give your friends a delightful impression of the modern service that you have built into your house. “Let me show you another convenience. Please open the door of that closet.. See! A lamp within is instantly lighted by means of a switch that is automatically released when of 16 }-. you open the door. When you close the door, the light goes out. Complete wiring extends to every corner and is especially planned for the place, like this, where it 1s most needed. All the closets in this house are thus equipped. Some people prefer a Tumbler Switch on the side of the door. In either case you have convenient control of lights in dark closets. “At two other places in the baseboard you see Convenience Outlets and, almost above them, wall lights. These are for your desk—wherever you care to place it. You can have either a small portable lamp, connected to the outlet, or you can use the lamp in the fixture. Complete wiring accommodates itself to any disposition of the furniture that is most convenient. “When retiring, you need light until the very last moment. For that reason a three- way switch is placed at the head of one of these twin beds. It controls the ceiling light which we threw on by means of the switch inside the door. Of all the switches in the house this is the most important if you are awakened by any noise or alarm in the night. Perhaps baby is crying or the telephone is ringing. A single move of your arm and the flooding light makes you master of the situation. “These switches are the guardians of your slumber and the watchmen of your home. You need not lose a second in finding any switch if the metal plate is equipped with a ‘Radieye.’ This is a screw, the head of which is made luminous by radium. It takes the place of the upper screw that helps secure the plate to the wall, and in the dark is a sure guide to the finger no matter how great your hurry or possible confusion. It is well to have a ‘Radieye’ on every Tumbler Switch. For those who like to read in bed, a Conven- ience Outlet has been inserted in the baseboard. To this a small lamp can be attached and placed on a table close by. “This bed room is completely wired with five wall outlets, a ceiling outlet, four Convenience Outlets, two Tumbler Switches, and a door switch aa light for the blecee The other bed rooms have similar equipment arranged to provide maximum comfort and convenience in each room.” The Bath Room “e S we open the bath room door, we tip this Tumbler Switch and throw on the overhead light. The wall lights, one at each side of the mirror, are controlled by insulated pull chains in porcelain sockets. To complete the assembly of toilet facilities, a Twin Convenience Outlet is placed in the wall just above the tiled wainscoting and directly over the wash stand. To this can be attached an immersion heater when a little hot water is required—as for shaving—and also a portable heater. Could convenience and comfort be more efficiently served? Thus the bath room is com- pletely wired with only one switch, one Convenience Outlet, and three lights.” The Attic “Before leaving this floor, let us take a peep at the attic stairs. Here is a three-way Tumbler Switch that throws on the lights above. Once in the attic, you can throw the same lights off or on by means of a corresponding switch. “The attic is always likely to be a place where dry, inflammable possessions are stored —trunks, boxes, unused furniture, and the like. In an unwired house there is grave danger of fire if one carries a lamp or candle there while in search of any object. The electric light does away entirely with this peril. Ifit had only this one advantage it would be well worth installing for the protection it affords. Of course the wiring should be skillfully done and with the best material.” { 18 }-. ,St¥oaWoOD adsaNny W JO FINO} FAL, Ul OYLOATY IWUINAD Aq pouuejd sv sLallnAO AONSINTANOZ) pue SAHOLIMG ‘SLHOTT Sutmoys WOOTd ANOOdS jo ONIMVUC, VDIALAWOST ee wool en a Lo Kanes NE at PO ORE aT WT ray To light in lower hall Second Floor Outlet Diagram Ceiling Outlet Ceiling Outlet for Extensions (Elexits) ll Wall Outlets for Extensions (Elexits) @ % > oO Single Convenience Outlet Double Convenience Outlet iS. Notre.—Where Elexits are indicated other types of outlets may be substituted. 105 104 109 106 107 108 110 128 11S 112 118 123 114 124 113 117 122 125 126 116 III UPPER HALL 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE16g0, controls No. 38 Lower Hall Light. 4-Way Tumbler Switch GE1691, controls No. 101 Upper Hall Light. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE16g0, controls No. 101 Upper Hall Light. Single Convenience Outlet GE658, furnishes power for lamp, fan, vacuum cleaner, etc. Ceiling Elexit LX200. 50-watt lamp is recommended. LINEN CLOSET Door Switch GE273, controls No. 104 Drop Light. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GE264. 25-watt lamp is recommended. BATH ROOM S-P. Tumbler Switch GE1688, controls No. 110 Ceiling Elexit. Twin Convenience Outlet GE694, furnishes power for immersion heater, glow heater, etc. Wall Elexit LX111. 25-watt (brackets alone 50-watt) lamp is recommended. Wall Elexit LX111. 25-watt (brackets alone 50-watt) lamp is recommended. Ceiling Elexit LX200. 75-watt lamp is recommended. BED ROOM NO. 1 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No, 116 Ceiling Elexit. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE16g0, controls No. 116 Ceiling Elexit. Door Switch GE273, controls No, 111 Closet Drop Light. Single Convenience Outlet GE658 Single Convenience Outlet GE658 Single Convenience Outlet GE658 furnishes power for lamps, vacuum cleaner, sewing machine, etc. Twin Convenience Outlet GE694, furnishes power for lamps, toilet accessories, etc. irs 0 » ra) we fo) » 8 » 0] nm m2) ‘2 KEY o GS Total Outlets—56 2nd Floor | Attic Type of Outlet ee Se Ee Wall Switch Outlets ste) 2 Door Switch Outlets is Wall Light Outlets 17 Ceiling Light Outlets 9 I Convenience Outlets = Single-pole Tumbler Switch Double-pole Tumbler Switch = Three-way Tumbler Switch = Roucway Tumbler Switch = Door Switch Wall Elexit LX1rr. Wall Elexit LX11r. Wall Elexit LXrrr. Wall Elexit LX11r. Wall Elexit LX1ir. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 25-watt lamp is recommended. = BED ROOM NO. 2 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 80 Ceiling Elexit. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No, 80 Ceiling Elexit. Door Switch GE273, controls No. 121 Closet Drop Light. Single Convenience Outlet GE658 Single Convenience Outlet GE658 Single Convenience Outlet GE658 | | furnishes power for lamps, vacuum cleaner, sewing machines, etc. Twin Convenience Outlet GE694, furnishes power for lamps, toilet accessories, etc. Wall Elexit LXirtr. Wall Elexit LXt1rr. Wall Elexit LX111. Wall Elexit LXurt. Wall Elexit LX111. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Elexit LX200. t1oo-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GE264. 25-watt lamp is recommended. BED ROOM NO. 3 3-Way Tumbler Switch GEr6g90, controls No. 89 Ceiling Elexit. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 89 Ceiling Elexit. Door Switch GE273, controls No. 97 Closet Drop Light. Single Convenience Outlet GE658 furnishes power for lamps, electric toys, milk Single Convenience Outlet GE658 warmer, Vacuum cleaner, etc. Twin Convenience Outlet GE694, furnishes power for candlesticks, vibrator, glow heater, etc. Wall Elexit LX1i1. Wall Elexit LX1rr. Wall Elexit LXurr. Wall Elexit LXurz, Wall Elexit LX1i1. Ceiling Elexit LX200. 75-watt lamp is recommended. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GE264. 25-watt lamp is recommended. ATTIC 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls Center Drop Light. Ceiling Elexit LX200. 100-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GE264. 25-watt lamp is recommended, *The numbers in the first column identify the outlets shown on floor plan, 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls Center Drop Light. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GE264. 75-watt lamp is recommended. The Cellar «ce EFORE descending to the cellar we tip this Tumbler Switch in the rear hall, which lights the little red warning lamp and at the same time throws on a light in the center of the main cellar. There are lamps—in porcelain sockets—in the laundry, the heater room, the vegetable cellar, and in the coal bin. These are controlled by Tumbler Switches of what we call the “surface type,’ the best for this family workshop. “Tn the laundry, waist high, is a Twin Convenience Outlet for the washing and the ironing machine or for an electric iron. There is another outlet in the main cellar for the use of such appliances as electric soldering irons, glue pots, and little motors. There is also an outlet in the heater room for an extension trouble light or perhaps an electric fan. “That little device high up on the wall is known as a Bell- Ringing Transformer. It operates the door bell from the lighting current at almost no cost, and does away with the trouble and expense of door bell batteries. “You will note that here the supply of current enters the house. Close by the meter is a Safety Switch that shuts off the current when repairs or changes are being made in your electrical service. Nearby is a Safety Distribution Panel which automatically discontinues the supply of electricity at any point where too great a demand is being made. ‘These simple safeguards afford entire protection to the wired home. “This completes our survey of the house. As you have by this time realized, its wiring system is a unit with special adaptations. This unity, with the same comfort, convenience, and economy, is extended to the garage, which we shall now visit and which we may well imagine to be just another room in the Home of a Hundred Comforts.” a: The Garage HE outside light over the door of the garage is controlled by this three-way Tumbler Switch, also placed outside. The switch inside the door controls the overhead light with its metal reflector. Another light, over the bench, furnishes special intensity when needed there, and here is a switch to light up the rear porch from the garage before you enter the house at night. “The Twin Convenience Outlet by the work bench is for the use of electrical tools when the owner makes his own repairs. With this outlet he can use an electric soldering iron and glue pot and can obtain power for a small motor. He can also connect a portable heater. The outlet in the opposite wall is convenient for charging batteries by means of a Tungar Battery Charger and for a trouble light about the car. Quality Material “One thought I especially want you to carry away. From long and Complete experience with all makes of wiring material we know that it pays to Wiring use the highest quality that the market affords. “We wish that all owners of inadequately wired houses could contrast their equipment with that in this house. They may have supposed that they were getting electrical service, but as a matter of fact, they have had no opportunity to experience personally the untold advantages—the comfort, convenience, and economy—of a Complete Wiring System.” of 20 }.. If Necessary— HE house that has been shown on the foregoing pages was selected as being a universal and desirable type of the average one-family residence. It is, however, more than an average residence. In so far as its adaptability to complete wiring is concerned, it is every home. The same path of light can be spread in a cottage, or flat, or mansion. It was necessary to choose a single set of plans on which to draw the path, but it can be made to wind through every set of plans. The Home of a Hundred Comforts is the result of a complete wiring system installed by a Qualified Contractor. Such a system is described in this book; the Qualified Contractor lives in your town. You may know him by his adherence to high standards of work and material, by his consistent opposition to “price bidding,” by the fair repute of his work, and by the comfort which his clients find in his installations. When you have selected the plans for your new house, take them, sogether with this Look, to a Qualified Contractor. An evidence of his qualification will be his immediate grasp of the whole wiring system and his ability to adapt it to your future home. As a further evidence of his standing, you will find him heartily appreciative of your desire to make your installation a permanent investment—not a cheap makeshift. His reputa- tion depends in part on your ultimate satisfaction, on your future realization of a hundred comforts in your home. When you pour water into an oddly shaped vessel, its fluidity permits it to fill every space. The principles indicated in this book have the same property. Under the con- tractor’s guiding hand, the wires will be led to every nook, and outlets will furnish the same convenience in any type of house as in the one which we have been studying. While you undoubtedly realize that the comfort of your home is measured by its convenience, yet comfort and convenience are both relative quantities. The complete wiring system, described in the previous pages of this book, is the result of the best judgment of many people who are giving their lives to a study of the services that electricity can render, after carefully balancing the elements of convenience and cost. With the realization, however, that convenience is a relative quantity, two alternative diagrams are presented on the following pages for the benefit of those who judge con- venience by a somewhat different standard. The first of these shows the ideal layout reduced to the bare necessities that will provide reasonable electrical convenience. As compared with a house wired in the usual imperfect way, this installation is desirable and serviceable. The second alternative, printed on pages 26 and 28, may be characterized as a com- promise between the two. It includes the essential conveniences of the first alternative and adds some of the contributions to comfort and security which go to make up the ideal wiring of The Home of a Hundred Comforts. You are earnestly advised, however, to think and figure carefully before finally decid- ing on either of the alternative plans. It is suggested that you secure comparative esti- mates from a Qualified Contractor, covering each of the three plans separately. Beside these sums, set the difference in comfort and convenience that they represent—a comfort and convenience with which you may have to be content for a lifetime. Then ask yourself if the moment’s difference in expense is not insignificant as compared with the difference in electrical service that must continue through the years. J oI }.. Alternative Outlet Diagram No. 1 First Floor to Sat gargs Cae s3 Sab To light outside of garage 4'-6" from floor Ss! ai r cs oy KITCHEN eee LIVING ROOM Total Outlets—66 Type of Outlet 1st Floor | Cellar | Garage Wall Switch Outlets 16 6 3 Wall Light Outlets (Snare Ceiling Light Outlets GF 6 2 Convenience Outlets 12 3 I KEY = Ceiling Outlet S? = Single-pole Tumbler Switch ll Double-pole Tumbler Switch 2 Wall Outlet S ll Three-way Tumbler Switch Single Convenience Outlet Se = Four-way Tumbler Switch = Double Convenience Outlet = Floor Outlet $G$ FO 9 o Specifications for Alternative Diagram No. 1 First Floor 25 19 18 22 33 28 30 20 21 34 29 7] 16 48 60 55 $7 58 61 53 50 56 59 54 VESTIBULE 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 44 Ceiling Light. S-P. Tumbler Switch GE1688, controls Nos. 45 and 46 EntranceLights. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GE264, 25-watt lamp is recommended. © HALL 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 38 Ceiling Light. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE16g0, controls No. 44 Vestibule Light 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. ror Upper Hall Ceiling Light. Twin Convenience Outlet GE694, furnishes power for table lamp, vacuum cleaner, etc. LIVING ROOM 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE16g0, controls No. 29 Ceiling Light. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE16g0, controls No. 29 Ceiling Light. S-P. Tumbler Switch GE1688, controls No. 16 Ceiling Light. Twin Convenience Outlet GE694 | furnishes power for portable Twin Convenience Outlet GE694 lamps, electrically operated Twin Convenience Outlet GE694 | musical instruments, vacuum Single Convenience Outlet GE658 J cleaners, fans, etc. Wall Fixture Outlet. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Wall Fixture Outlet. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Wall Fixture Outlet. 50-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GE264. 200-watt lamp is recommended. SUN PORCH Twin Convenience Outlet GE694, furnishes power for portable lamps, fan, cooking appliances, vacuum cleaner, etc. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GE264. 75-watt lamp is recommended. DINING ROOM 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE16go, controls No. 54 Ceiling Light. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 54 Ceiling Light. Single Convenience Outlet GE658 furnishes power for cooking Single Convenience Outlet GE658 appliances, electric candle- sticks, glow heater, fan, Single Convenience Outlet GE658 $ Twin Convenience Outlet GE694 | vacuum cleaner, etc. Single Convenience Outlet GE658 J Wall Fixture Outlet. 30-watt lamp is recommended. Wall Fixture Outlet. 30-watt lamp is recommended. Wall Fixture Outlet. 30-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GE264. 100-watt lamp is recommended. *The numbers in this column identify the outlets shown on floor plan. 14 10 13 {23 }- KITCHEN 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 64 Ceiling Light. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 64 Ceiling Light. Twin Convenience Outlet GE694, furnishes power for fan, utility motor, beaters, iron, etc. Wall Fixture Outlet. Wall Fixture Outlet. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 25 watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GE264. 100-watt lamp is recommended. BACK HALL AND PORCH 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 12 Main Cellar Light. S-P. Tumbler Switch GE1688, controls No. 70 Hall Center Light. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE16g0, controls No. 73 Back Porch Light. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GEr16go0, controls No. 132 Light Outside Garage. Ceiling Fixture Outlet GE264. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Wall Fixture Outlet. 25-watt lamp is recommended. CELLAR 3-Way Tumbler Switch GE1690, controls No. 12 Main Cellar Light. S-P. Surface Tumbler Switch GEg7o, controls No. 2 Heater Room Light. S-P. SurfaceTumbler Switch GEg7o, controls No.4 Fuel Room Light S-P. Surface Tumbler Switch GEg7o, controls No. 6 Storage Room Light. S-P. Surface Tumbler Switch GEg7o, controls No. 9 Laundry Light. S-P. Surface Tumbler Switch GEg7o, controls No. 15 Vegetable Room Light. Single Convenience Outlet GE658, furnishes power for trouble light ? fan, etc. Twin Convenience Outlet GE694 \ furnishes power for electric tools, Twin Convenience Outlet GE694 f washing machine, ironer, etc. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. 25-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. 75-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. 75-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. GARAGE 3-Way Tumbler Switch GEr16g0, controls No. 132 Light Outside Garage. 25-watt lamp is recommended. 3-Way Tumbler Switch GEr690, controls No. 73 Back Porch Light. S-P. Switch GE1688, controls No. 137 Center Light. Twin Convenience Outlet GE694, furnishes power for Tungar battery chargers, electric tools and appliances. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. 75-watt lamp is recommended. Ceiling Lamp Receptacle GEo88. 75-watt lamp is recommended. Alternative Outlet Diagram No. 1 Second Floor S : e103 To light in 199 3 lower hall- {s 101 of stairs