FAILURE OF LIGHTS
4, P00r Publicity For Trade” The failure of the lights during the official opening of the Institute of Electricians’ conference in the Jellicoe Hall on Thursday evening was “a damning indictment” of the electrical trade, Mr C. J Suckling, of Christchurch, told delegates yesterday. It showed the trend of the trade towards a cheap job, he laid.
Instead of the electrician insisting on the overloading mains in the building being replaced with heavier cable, he allowed the owners to waste money on a circuitbreaker which cut out immediately the maximum load of the existing mains was reached, he said. As a result, only a portion of the buildings electrical load could be used at one time.
"This whole business gave the trade very poor publicity,” said Mr Suckling.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30390, 14 March 1964, Page 15
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