SECTION C 

 ELECTRICITY IN THE HOME 



CHAPTER X 



SOME APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRICITY IN THE HOME 



Outside of lighting, which do you consider the most 

 valuable use that can be made of electricity in the 

 home? 



One very common use now made of electricity in the home 

 is for lighting, as we have seen in a previous chapter. When 

 once the electric current has been brought into the house, 

 there are many other uses to which it can be put. The pur- 

 pose of this chapter is to explain some of the uses of electricity 

 in the home besides lighting. It can be used for cooking, 

 for heating, and for cleaning, and motors may be used to 

 run fans and sewing machines. At present the cost of the 

 electric machines and of the electricity to run them is high, 

 but doubtless in the future these will be made cheap 

 enough so that many people can afford to use them. 



Cooking by electricity. Electricity finds many applica- 

 tions in cooking. Among the more common appliances are 

 the following : electric toaster, coffee percolator, waffle 

 iron, gridiron for cooking griddle cakes, broiler for cooking 

 steaks, frying pan, kettle for boiling water, and oven for 

 baking. Many of these can be used directly on the dining 

 table at the time of the meal, such as the toaster, coffee 

 percolator, and egg boiler. These may be connected to an 



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