Around about Christmas 1879 a certain prominent person installed electric lighting in his home in Porchester Gardens using a battery of Grove Cells. This was not a very successful power source so a portable generator was then used.
Well, Colonel R.E, Crompton C.B., R.E., M. Inst. C.E. and M. Inst. E.E. was a bit out then. He firstly used cells then a portable generator to illuminate his house for special parties with fixed arc lamps in his drawing room and dining room. He believed this to be the first instance of effective electric lighting in a private house. (Although he says that there had been exhibitions of electric lighting at the Royal Institution and elsewhere.) Source: The Development of Electric Lighting. An article by Crompton in the book: Practical Electrical Engineering Vol. 2. Newnes. I wonder what the neighbours though about a noisy generator nearby?
Well, Colonel R.E, Crompton C.B., R.E., M. Inst. C.E. and M. Inst. E.E. was a bit out then. He firstly used cells then a portable generator to illuminate his house for special parties with fixed arc lamps in his drawing room and dining room. He believed this to be the first instance of effective electric lighting in a private house. (Although he says that there had been exhibitions of electric lighting at the Royal Institution and elsewhere.) Source: The Development of Electric Lighting. An article by Crompton in the book: Practical Electrical Engineering Vol. 2. Newnes. I wonder what the neighbours though about a noisy generator nearby?
