DIFFICULT PROBLEM
RATIONING ELECTRICITY “The President of the Board of Trade is up against the snag of how to ration houses for electricity. If you ration by units, you have no control over the time of day when a person uses his units. The w’hole difficulty is getting the peak loads cut off. The only thing to do is to bring in a direct Regulation limiting the size and number of lamps, which householders, shops and the like may have. Two 40-watt lamps are enough in any bedroom, one a pendant and another at the bedside. That could be ordered by Regulation. Limit the number of lights. Stop the sale of lamps of more than 60-watt capacity, except for workshops and special places on license. Stop the use of the 100-watt lamp for domestic use. It is unnecessary and strains the eyesight. You can buy small lamps of only 5-watt capacity 'which are enough in ordinary passages and bathrooms. Two years ago I went round my house, took off every 60-watt lamp, locked them up and substituted 15 to 25watt lamps.”—Sir Joseph Nail, M.P., in the House of Commons.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 65, Issue 5494, 6 July 1942, Page 6
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189DIFFICULT PROBLEM Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 65, Issue 5494, 6 July 1942, Page 6
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