as all sorts of appliances,--irons,
toasters, grills, a vacuum cleaner, a vibrator, etc. Naturally all
these appliances are not in use at one time, else the draft on the
plant would be such as to "blow" the fuses. For instance, all the
baking is done in daylight; and when the oven is used after dark, they
are careful to turn off all lights not needed. An ideal plant, of
course, would be a plant big enough to take care of the sum of lamps
and handy devices used at one time.

To make this plant ideal, (for, being an actual affair, it has
developed some short-comings, with the extension of the use of
electricity) it would require a dynamo whose capacity can be figured,
from the following:

Watts
15 carbon lamps, 16 candlepower, @60 watts each 900
10 tungsten lamps, 20 candlepower, @25 watts each 250
2 tungsten lamps, 92 candlepower, @100 watts each 200
Water heater, continuous service 800
Toaster, occasional service 600
Iron, occasional service 400
Oven-baking, roasting, etc 2,000
2 stove plates @1,000 watts each 2,000
1 stove plate 400
Vacuum cleaner, occasional service 200
Vibrator, occasional service 100
Small water heater, quart capacity 400
Small motor, 1/4 horsepower, occasional 250
Motor, 1/2 hp, pumping water, etc 500
Electric fan, occasional service 100
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Total current, one house 9,100

30 carbon lamps, 16 candlepower, @60 1,800
2 lamps, 100 watt tungsten 200
Electric iron 400
Small water or milk heater 600
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Total current, 2nd house 3,000
1st house 9,100
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12,100

Thus, in this plant, if every electrical device were turned on at
once, the demand on the dynamo would be fo