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National Electric Week Feb 18 to 25 Page GEORGETOWN HERALD THURSDAY FEB BUYING MODERNIZING Here is What to Look for In Homes Electrical System Still searching for that first house of your very own Looking for that charming old stone house that one reads about In the home magazines Considering winterizing your vacation home in your favorite resort area as a yearround retirement home If your plana call for a mere modest outlay this spring such as building a family room in the basement of your present home or adding a wing the Electrical Bureau of Canada has some sound advice for you A SOUND INVESTMENT When looking through older homes that your real estate agent has located check on what your electrician calls the service entrance the big board mounting your main switch meter and or itbreaker These are rated In amperes Most houses over 10 years old were equipped with service equipment hardly adequate to handle the large number of electrical appliances in use today Newer homes will likely have a looampere service which is now the minimum required in all provincial regulations and other homes equipped with electrical heating will have 200 amperes or more Some very old homes may have a service entrance with a rating of only New wiring and electrical service entrance equipment should be installed by an electrical service contractor It not a jab for the weekend do it yourself artist HOME MODERNIZATION To start that family room or new wing project in your present home you can help your contractor in the planning stage by listing your present electrical appliances List separately all those other electrical appliances and work saving equipment you would like to buy In the years ahead Follow this up by drawing a plan room Indicate the desired location of both present and future appliances This helps the electrician to determine the size of wires number and kind of circuits and whether added capacity is required In your planning consider the need for outdoor lighting and outlets In the garage driveway or patio area They add safety convenience and pleasure year round By planning ahead you will save money You will provide the necessary flexibility that will reduce the need for frequent and costly changes to your home electrical wiring system Provide Ample Number of Outlets and Switches LETS PLAY BRIDGE By BILL COATS The most challenging con tracts are often those where the strength are fairly evenly matched This con happen at that lowly contract of one no trump Both sides hold balanced hands and neither side has a surplus of points Here is just such a hand from the Acton Bridge Club South dealt with East West vulnerable NORTH S 3 H9 3 East plays the ace and continues spades so declarer is assured of two spade tricks Along with three other aces declarer has five tricks but where will six and seven come from Both diamonds and clubs may split evenly Clubs is the obvious one to try since the spot cards are bigger Declarer should lead the club queen When West covers as he showed declarer should duck West will probably get off the lead with a spade Declarer should win and lead another WEST S J CK 10 EAST S A 10 SOUTH SKQ62 HA J 10 2 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1 T PASS PASS PASS Opening spades lead seven of No one can fault the bidding South has a very typical one no trump opening Everyone else showed pass One energetic East tried a re opening double with poor results Who will win declarer or the opponents Which would you rather do play the hand or defend MILD BREAK South gets a mild break on wins and leads a diamond Declarer can win immediately or he can duck one round FINESSE When he wins he will be faced with the decision do the clubs split evenly or should he finesse If he guesses correctly he makes his contract If not he goes down If its that close how come two declarers made an over trick one of them was doubled The only reason lean think of is that the defense got busy They kept leading different suits looking for their best one and everytimc they helped declarer discover where their high cards were On closely balanced hands dont get busy Let declarer do his own work because often he will go down as one declarer out of four did last week Last weeks winners at the Acton Bridge Club were tied for first Art Morris and Cam Sinclair with Ivan Harris and One of the most important elements In the design of your homes electrical system is the provision of electrical outlets The outlets must not be more than twelve feet apart and no along the fioorline should more nan six feet from an outlet in any room of the house except bathrooms Consider for instance how many outlets are needed in a master bedroom furnished with On the night table between the beds there is an electric clock a table lamp and radio These five appliances require at least three receptacles along the headboard wall Downstairs in the kitchen laundry and basement workshop individual volt circuits are required for each major appliance range clothes dryer water heater some window air conditioning units and a variety of stationary power tools Separate circuits are also required to handle appliances in kitchens laundry rooms and breakfast rooms The above requirements are mandatory rules In the Canadian Electrical Code and represent absolute minimum requirements They do not represent adequate wiring practices nor allow for future expansion A well designed home equipped for modern con vcnlences must be supplied with outlets well in excess of these minimum requirements How many switches and what kind of switches arc needed in a modem home Three way and fourway switches are needed to control room lights from two or more locations If you cant turn a light on when you enter a dark area or cant turn one off when you leave a lighted area vour home is If you have enough switches in all the necessary locations things arc less likely to go bump in the night like Dad tripping over the kids toys in a darkened hallway LEAST UNDERSTOOD The home electrical wiring system is one of the most im portent and yet least un derstood aspects of every daily life Many older homes and surprisingly enough many new homes do not have enough electrical capacity e spare circuits or enough duplex outlets to plug in the number of new electrical appliances most families want As homeowners continue to purchase additional electrical equipment they give little thought to the loacT they are adding to the home electrical system All the more need then to add sufficient electrical capacity to look after tomorrows electrical needs when rewiring your home Today therefore is as good a day as any to ask yourself is my home up to date clec I outgrown my electrical system WARNINGS Several common symptoms warn you that your home wiring system is overloaded inadequate or outdated Fuses blow or circuit breakers trip open too frequently Such appliances as your iron toaster or kettle are slow to heat Lights dim or the TV picture shrinks when you switch on electrical appliances To connect other lamps or appliances you find you need extension cords or multiple And looking around the baseboard you see a growing family of octopus outlets If any one of these conditions exist in your home call in the expert and don be surprised if he tells that complete home wiring modernization Job is required Make sure that you hire a qualified electrician who has the training and skills to assure you of a job well done The money spent by having a qualified electrical contractor advise you on your main tenance and expansion is money saved Also it will ensure your home wiring system In safe Carney Electric 8779711 ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION NEW AND REWIRING MAINTENANCE Electric Keating Forced air and Baseboard ALWAYS RELIABLE SERVICE dave ELECTRIC HEATING COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL REWIRING NEW INSTALLATIONS Hydro approved electric Heating Water Heating FACTORY MAINTENANCE Chrys lor- Air temp Gas Oil Burners Sales Service 8773322 RRI Georgetown half mils north on Line WILLIAMS ELECTRIC HEATING ELECTRICAL SERVICES DOMESTIC RURAL ELECTRIC HEATING REPAIRS INSTALLATIONS AUTOMATIC WASHERS DRYERS STOVE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS HOUR SERVICE GEORGETOWN Electric Contractor RESIDENTIALCOMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL GENERAL CONTRACTING 8773414 MAPLE EGEORGETOWN ANNOUNCING The a NEW ELECTRICAL SERVICE for Georgetown Vicinity Charlie Hanman ELECTRIC St DOMESTIC RURAL WIRING Over years experience In Georgetown Optimists Boost Early Teen Oratory Information is available as of last Monday at schools Georgetown Library and the for persons under the age of as of December 31 1972 interested In the Georgetown Opltlmists nubile speaking contest The Scouts and Guides have also received information The deadline for entries is February Applicants are to contact local chairman Larry will be given to the winners but no date for the contest has been set as yet Optimists of Georgetown sponsored their first contest or this nature least year The winner was Glen Stockfish The winners this year as in the previous year will go on to the zone contest for the chance to progress to the district contest for a scholarship A new to really get your mail moving Postal Codes If you havent already received it in the next few days youll begetting your new Postal Code in the mail Its not very exciting to look at But it is very necessary And its really not as complicated as it looks After two years of studying the systems of most of the countries of the world heres how we developed Postal Codes for Canada The map sequence on the right shows just how accurate Postal Codes really are To your Code you will be receiving a Postal Code Pack age It contains your code instructions on how to use it a handy address book special Postal Code stickers for your envelopes and postage paid address cards that you should send to your friends I If you dont have enough I you can get as many as you need at your nearest Post Office Because after all your Code doesnt move your mail unless your it And if you havent received your Code by March please call your local Post Office We will mail it to you immediately It is possible however that you are not in the CENTRAL ONTARIO POSTAL DISTRICT in which case your area may not have been coded yet Get the habit rath ROBERTSON ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL CONTROLS REPAIRS ELECTRIC HEATING EXPERTS LIGHTING FIXTURES WATER HEATERS For Free Estimates call 8772924 NORTON ON THE SPOT For Quick Service ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES For the Trade or Do It WHOLESALE RETAIL G R MUCKART CO ltd 1U St corner Maple Ave ELECTRICITY POWERS PROGRESS Electricity it right there around whenever we to It there Our industrial hum our business and commercial firmi our farm produce at record levels thank to tie city Many little important thing around the home get done quickly and efficiently through our elec servant The toaster toasts The family laundry up sparkling Our TV let entertain and inform Newspapers and record Instant history Ye life i better and brighter new of electric Were happy to join with other element of the electrical induitry In observing the 126th anniversary of the birth Thomas A Edison the Inventive genius who made possible many of these advance for our comfort and enjoyment LIVE BETTER Electrically A National Electrical Week message from Feb 11 17 1973 Hydro Electric Commission Of Georgetown