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Facts To Know
About Your
House Wiring
In previous articles we have discussed the operation of a home wiring system in terms of the service entrance and ts size. Today we would like to talk a little about branch circuits, the various sets of wires that carry electrcity from the service entrance to the convenience outlets where you plug in your electrical appliances.
These branch circuits may well be compared wtih the pipes which carry water from your main cutoff valve to the spigot in your bathrooms and kitchen where you use the water. Just as these pipes must be large enough to provide an adequate flow when several spigots on the same pipe are in use. 'o the wire'"in vour branch circuits should have sufficient capacity' to carrv enough electricity to operate appliances on several different outlets at the same time.
Because the electrical capacitv of wire is limited by its size, modern house wirng calls for plenty of branch circuits and there are good reasons for this. Safety, economy, convenience, and efficient operation of electrical appliances are among the most important of these, parfcularlv, since the National Code limits the number of outlets you can safely have on anv on<* branch circuit.
Back in the days when lighting and a few mnor appliances were the only users of electricity in the home, few circuits and little capacity were needed and were the general rule. That is one of the
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