Mechanical equipment of buildings; a reference book for engineers and architects (1916)
Harding, Louis Allen, Willard, Arthur C. (Arthur Cutts), 1878-1960 · New York Wiley · leaf 680
teed at 50 watts per 16 candle-power, but this is when they are new; we, therefore, assume an average of 55 watts; this, there-fore, means that with all the hghts burning the total output would be 306 kilowatts. Fromexperience we find the average working loads to be as follows: Absolute peak load… … In addition to the above there is usually an increase of 10 per cent over the above runningloads on account of the desires of tenants. Under ordinary conditions it is customary to allow1.6 horsepower in engine for each kilowatt output of the generator and 1.8 horsepower in boilersfor each kilowatt…
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