T3LEPHONI: WIRING. 



Telephone wire should not be anchored to the sides 

 of the building. Establish a pole for rnchoring or anchor 

 to a nearby tree if one is available. Bring the wire to 

 the building as shown in Cut No. 18 of the Telephone Cir- 

 cular. During the period of the yeer thet the Lookout is 

 unoccupied the leading in wire should be disconnected at 

 the Fahnestock clip and at the fuse and then taken into 

 the building. Its replacement at the beginning of the firq 

 season is a simple task. From the fuse, the wire should 

 be brought down the side of the building on knobs, taken 

 under the building on knobs along the floor joists to a 

 point under the platform. There it should be brought 

 through the floor near one inside edge of the platform and 

 up through the platform along one of the table legs to the 

 ringer set which ordinarily should be fastened to e leg of 

 the table. The protector should be placed on the inside 

 wall of the platform at the point where the wire comes 

 through the floor. 



INSULATION. 



See Sheet ?Io. 8. Insulation should be considered 

 as a part of constrxiction. Material for it should be 

 ordered with the hardware. 



No. 4 galvanized wire should be used for ell con- 

 ductor material. The conductors should be run down all 

 hips from the main wire or terminal which should be extended 

 from the peak up about 20 inches rnd filed to a sharp point. 

 The hip conductors first mentioned should be continued over 

 the points of the eaves and directly to the ground at the 

 four corners of the house, care being trken to make no sharp 

 turns in the wire. As en integral part of the system there 

 should be connected to the vertical conductors two horizontal 

 conductors, one running clear around the house on the eaves, 

 the other running clear around the house at the ground line. 

 This arrangement with connections is shown by the attached 

 sketch. All connections between conductors should be 

 mechanically and electrically perfect. At the meeting or 

 crossing points the wires should be soldered together care- 

 fully. All wires should be securely stapled directly to 

 the building every 12 inches, and in addition the staples 



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