the lights near the windows may be cut out in the daytime when one-half the illumination is used in the corridors and thus save current, A separate feeder is generally carried up to the roof of a hotel building to supply the electric sign. This feeder is controlled directly from the main switchboard.
There are many special outlets which are necessary in modem hotels and great care must be taken to get these properly located so as to avoid changes when the construction work is completed. Exit lights are required by law over all doors leading to fire stairs and similar fire exits. These exit light circuits should be placed on one of the lower panels which is accessible and the control of all exit lights in the building should be from this point. Fan outlets for the use of electric fans in the public rooms should be provided and located seven or eight feet above the floor. The arrangement of rooms should be studied and these outlets installed in the most suitable locations for electric fans. Small electric signs are now very generally used to indicate location of, for instance, the barber shop, the public stenographer, the cafeteria, the cigar stand, etc., so that the public may be directed more readily, and outlets for these must be provided. Portable vacuum cleaners are used to a considerable extent in some hotels and it is the practice to install special receptacles at various points on the typical floors where these may
be used. Special heating outlets are required in the barber shop to operate the various devices which are now in very common practice, such as the electric sterilizer, at each chair, for the barber’s razor, and for the manicure instruments at the manicure tables. Outlets are also necessary for the vibrator which the barber uses and special receptacles should be provided for both the sterilizing unit and the vibrator for every barber chair. In the valet’s room and in the laundry where hand work ironing is done, electric irons are now in general use and outlets for this purpose should be provided. These heating outlets should always consist of the combination unit made up of a switch, a receptacle and a small pilot lamp which indicates whether the electric current is switched on or off.
The lighting of the public rooms is a matter which requires a very considerable amount of study if good results are to be obtained and it is necessary for this purpose to have the co-operation of the architect, the electrical engineer and the fixture designer. The results which are to be obtained are, of course, dependent upon the size and character of the rooms and the amount of money available for the furnishing of lighting fixtures. Every room must have individual study and great care should be given to the location of outlets to meet the requirements of the particular room and the architectural treatment of the same.
Electric Wiring Plan, Mezzanine Floor, The Niagara, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
There are many special outlets which are necessary in modem hotels and great care must be taken to get these properly located so as to avoid changes when the construction work is completed. Exit lights are required by law over all doors leading to fire stairs and similar fire exits. These exit light circuits should be placed on one of the lower panels which is accessible and the control of all exit lights in the building should be from this point. Fan outlets for the use of electric fans in the public rooms should be provided and located seven or eight feet above the floor. The arrangement of rooms should be studied and these outlets installed in the most suitable locations for electric fans. Small electric signs are now very generally used to indicate location of, for instance, the barber shop, the public stenographer, the cafeteria, the cigar stand, etc., so that the public may be directed more readily, and outlets for these must be provided. Portable vacuum cleaners are used to a considerable extent in some hotels and it is the practice to install special receptacles at various points on the typical floors where these may
be used. Special heating outlets are required in the barber shop to operate the various devices which are now in very common practice, such as the electric sterilizer, at each chair, for the barber’s razor, and for the manicure instruments at the manicure tables. Outlets are also necessary for the vibrator which the barber uses and special receptacles should be provided for both the sterilizing unit and the vibrator for every barber chair. In the valet’s room and in the laundry where hand work ironing is done, electric irons are now in general use and outlets for this purpose should be provided. These heating outlets should always consist of the combination unit made up of a switch, a receptacle and a small pilot lamp which indicates whether the electric current is switched on or off.
The lighting of the public rooms is a matter which requires a very considerable amount of study if good results are to be obtained and it is necessary for this purpose to have the co-operation of the architect, the electrical engineer and the fixture designer. The results which are to be obtained are, of course, dependent upon the size and character of the rooms and the amount of money available for the furnishing of lighting fixtures. Every room must have individual study and great care should be given to the location of outlets to meet the requirements of the particular room and the architectural treatment of the same.
Electric Wiring Plan, Mezzanine Floor, The Niagara, Niagara Falls, N. Y.