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Electrical specification in sales particulars. When and where?

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 “The Electric Installation is of the most perfect type and on the duplicate interchangeable system. At the far end of the Stable yard is a substantial Engine House having glazed white brick walls, and with coal cellar, boiler house and store adjoining, and containing two ”Davey Paxman" loco type boilers (each of 20-h.p,) with feed pump, steam injectors, etc. A spacious Dynamo Room, in which are two “Raworth Universal Brush Company's” engines and dynamos of 40-h.p., direct coupled. In this room is a very large marble switch-board which controls the whole of the installation, and there are also charging boards for small accumulators and electric broughams, overhead travelling crane, telephone to House, laundry and to the electric fire pumps. The electric current, which is 100 volts continuous, can be supplied direct from the dynamos, as well as from the 54 storage cells in the Battery Room, and which are of 1,200 amperes capacity."

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BOD

 

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    So what's the answer, BOD?

    I think that there was quite a boom period at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries.

    My house was completed circa 1902 and there is no evidence of early 'lectric. By contrast, there is evidence of gas lighting in the circa 1923 extension, so presumably candles and oil lamps before then.

    The house was requisitioned in 1940 - it is difficult to imagine that it didn't have electricity by then, but I haven't ever found any sign of pre-1960s electrics. Must search more!

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    So what's the answer, BOD?

    I think that there was quite a boom period at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries.

    My house was completed circa 1902 and there is no evidence of early 'lectric. By contrast, there is evidence of gas lighting in the circa 1923 extension, so presumably candles and oil lamps before then.

    The house was requisitioned in 1940 - it is difficult to imagine that it didn't have electricity by then, but I haven't ever found any sign of pre-1960s electrics. Must search more!

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