{"id":1027,"date":"2015-05-30T10:01:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T10:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/?page_id=1027"},"modified":"2015-06-13T21:45:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T21:45:18","slug":"1890-1910s-electrifying-transformation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/1890-1910s-electrifying-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"1890 \u2013 1910s An Electrifying Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

1890 \u2013 1910s <\/strong>The Advent of Reticulated Electrical Products<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Technology<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\"early<\/a>
First household electrical meter (France)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"marble<\/a>
Marble console with fuses and switches c1900. Baekelite\u2019s invention of the first synthetic plastic in 1907 mean Baekelite consoles become the norm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Electrical products generated locally using water turbines and combustion engines (coal, kerosine, coal gas etc.)
\nSimple electro-mechanical \u201cdial\u201d meters.
\nManual circuit breakers (switches) Simple fuse with sacrificial wire manually replaced.
\nLow quality insulation.
\nDwelling grids may be DC Direct Current or AC Alternating Current (110 v or other voltage grids) in the era before the amalgamation of community grids and the associated standardization to AC 230v<\/p>\n

Common uses of electrical products:<\/strong>
\nlighting, trams, refrigeration, mining.<\/p>\n

Information<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\"220px-ElectricityMeterMechanism\"<\/a>
Mechanism of electromechanical induction meter.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Visual by observing meter readings,
\nfuse loading,\u00a0 appliance performance etc).
\nData is recorded manually onto paper.<\/p>\n

Civics<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\"reefton<\/a>
1888 Reefton’s water driven turbine. First public electrical lighting system in the Southern Hemisphere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reticulation grids are small-scale and privately owned in general e.g. large manufacturing and agricultural firms. The firm owning the system owns the information. Increasingly larger towns begin establishing Municipal Electricity Departments and purchasing local generation plant. This enables them to create integrated municipal networks and enhance the development of community lighting and transport systems. Considerable tension emerges between democratic, community-owned, service-driven institutions and private-corporate, profit-driven institutions.
\nMost NZers are rural and have no access to a network because profit-driven, private companies have no motivation to build the extensive grid required.<\/p>\n

\"1910<\/a>
Melbourne Museum<\/a> 1910 advertisement for “electricity” supply company<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The English language remains relatively civic and embraces the principles of physic. However the state of science in communities begins to diminish as the \u201celectricity\u201d symbol becomes associated with a narrow class of electrical phenomena i.e. with the conflation\u00a0 of 230 volt electrical products with all electrical phenomena i.e.<\/p>\n

Common Perception of Dwelling 230v Control Console<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Commonly sited near ceiling on wall of dwelling entrance hall way. Sometimes sited high on wall in servant area (pantries and kitchens) of rich households.
\nBoards measure up to a square meter and are made of fire resistant materials including marble. Oxygen and light easily perish the insulation of the wiring. Thus the wire terminals on the console are particularly dangerous because of the high risk of fire and electrical shock. Most people learn that this is a no-go zone in their home.
\nElectrical products symbolized as \u201celectrical\u201d or \u201celectric\u201d e.g. electrical lights, electrical irons etc. Meter readers were known as the \u201celectric light man\u201d.<\/p>\n

Health \/ ecology<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Streets become cleaner as electrically-driven trams replace horses in larger towns. Localized air pollution diminishes as small-scale hydro-electric systems replace steam engines. Factories and homes become cleaner and lighter as electrical lamps replace combustion lighting.<\/p>\n

NEXT<\/a>
\n 1910-1950s a National Network of community-owned grids<\/a><\/h6>\n

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1890 \u2013 1910s The Advent of Reticulated Electrical Products Technology Electrical products generated locally using water turbines and combustion engines (coal, kerosine, coal gas etc.) Simple electro-mechanical \u201cdial\u201d meters. Manual circuit breakers (switches) Simple fuse with sacrificial wire manually replaced. Low quality insulation. Dwelling grids may be DC Direct Current or AC Alternating Current (110 … <\/p>\n

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