This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...twelve feet above ground and remote from windows. The hood must be constructed in such a manner that it cannot be obstructed by rain, snow, ice, insects or-birds. 4. Capacity. a. Must be sufficient to furnish gas continuously for the maximum lighting period to all lights installed. A lighting period of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...twelve feet above ground and remote from windows. The hood must be constructed in such a manner that it cannot be obstructed by rain, snow, ice, insects or-birds. 4. Capacity. a. Must be sufficient to furnish gas continuously for the maximum lighting period to all lights installed. A lighting period of at least five hours shall-be provided for in every case. b. Generators for conditions of service requiring lighting periods of more than five hours must be of sufficient capacity to avoid recharging at night. The following ratings will usually be found advisable. (1) For dwellings, and where machines are always used intermittently, the generator must have a rated capacity equal to the total number of burners installed. (2) For stores, opera houses, theatres, day run factories, and similar service, the generator must have a rated capacity of from thirty to fifty per cent. in excess of the total number of burners installed. (3) For saloons and all night or continued service, the generator must have a rated capacity of from one hundred to two hundred per cent. in excess of the total number of burners installed. c. A small generator must never be installed to supply a large number of lights, even though it seems probable that only a few lights will be used at a time. An overworked generator adds to the cost of producing acetylene gas. 5. Carbide Charges. Must be sufficient to furnish gas continuously for the maximum lighting period to all burners installed. In determining charges lump carbide must be estimated as capable of producing four and one-half cubic feet of gas to the pound, commercial one-fourth inch carbide four cubic feet of gas to the pound, and burners must be considered as requiring at least twenty-five per cent. more than their...
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