Setchell-Carlson "Frog Eye"

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by electronjohn

32V was common for Delco light plants on farms back in the day. Many appliances were offered using 32V...mixers, toasters, etc.

My farmhouse was wired with #12 knob-tube and powered that way for wall-switched ceiling lights only in the early 20s.
The Delco plant was in the detached "summer kitchen" and much of the wiring in the attic remains though un-powered now. There is a big oil-stain where the unit sat, over toward the chimney of course.
Likely, the REA arranged for utility @120/240 volts, 60 amps and re-powered switches and lights sometime in the 1940s via a Square-D fuse panel. Of course, minimal receptacles were added like 1-2 per room