Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1917 — LIGHT OUTFIT FOR WORKERS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LIGHT OUTFIT FOR WORKERS

Repair and .Inspection Crews Supplied With Current From Car’s Storage Batteries. An electrician employed by a railroad in Portland, Me., has devised a very serviceable lighting outfit for use by car inspectors and, repair men, W’hich is supplied with current from storage batteries belonging to the car on which the men are working. Ttje outfit displaces kerosene lamps, formerly used. It includes a lowvoltage bulb set in a reflector mount-

ed on a tripod and connected by a cord with a resistance coil. The latter is connected with the storage batteries, under the floor of the car. • When the charge in the batteries gets low the adjustable contact on the coil is moved along so as to lessen the resistance. Thus, with a diminishing supply of electricity the power of the light can be kept constant by adjusting the coil from time to time. —Popular Mechanics Monthly.

Portable Light Outfit.