Table 1
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ROOMS IN WHICH THEY ARE USED
(Based on a survey of 120 local-authority houses in 1958)
Percentage of occupiers using appliance in:
Appliance
Loading
(W)
Percentage of occupiers owning appliance
Living
Kitchen
Bedroom
Bedroom
Bedroom
area
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2
3
Fire(s) (all types)
1000-3000
84
55
Electric blanket(s)
37
51
33
34
10
—
Fan
3
25-60
I
Ι
Table lamp(s)
60-100
79
21
Floor standard(s)
Television set
75
40
34
100-150
38
38
150-250
83
82
I
Radio set(s)
60
71
40
18
7
Radiogram or record player
60-120
52
48
Projector
150-300
2
2
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2
2
Iron
450-000
Vacuum cleaner
200-750
Washing machine or wash
boiler
3000
Kettle
1500-2000
Refrigerator
Sewing machine
100--250
100
Toaster
Percolator
450-1000
500
80 4300 =
99
24
94
87
All rooms
42
35
15
15
235
42
35
16
16
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II
2
2
Clothes dryer
2
2
Clock
negligible
33
13
13
12
2
Hair dryer
300
32
ΙΟ
16
8
I
Razor
TO
23
7
13
3
I
Drill
17
17
Soldering iron
II
II
Toy train
6
3
2
I
Aquarium
3
2
I
Cocktail cabinet
45
2
2
Infra-red lamp
2
On separate circuit:
Electric cooker
Immersion heater
28
73
28
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Number of appliances
possibly used at same time
6
Separate
living room
(80 examples)
I
Table 2
USE OF SEVERAL APPLIANCES IN A ROOM
Percentage of users*
'Through'
Bedroom
Dining room
living room
Kitchen
(80 examples)
(40 examples)
I
2
3
2
4
16
5
30
22
33
2
I
36
36
45
14
35
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4
20
I
I
26
5
4
2
30
27
18
ΙΟ
16
53
53
58
I
2
14
24
30
Average no.
of appliances
2.6
1.9
2.8
2.8
1.4
I. I
0.8
* Of the 120 houses visited, 80 had separate living and dining rooms, and 40 had 'through' living rooms
Table 3
RECOMMENDED NUMBERS AND POSITIONS OF SOCKET OUTLETS
Remarks
Room
Number of outlets
Separate living room
3
Separate dining room
2
'Through living room Kitchen
3 or 4
3
Double bedroom
2
Single bedroom
IS
Hall or landing
1
Store or workshop
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CHONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER-VOLUME 17, NUMBER 1
Distributed so as conveniently to serve appliances in all parts of the rooms
Excluding one socket-outlet on cooker control unit Placed with due consideration of likely furniture arrangements
General service outlet for cleaning stairs, etc. For tools such as drills, soldering irons, etc.
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