Electricity is a staple of modern life.
Beyond lighting rooms and powering
devices, electricity is pretty interesting!
Here are some fun and interesting facts
about electricity.
1.
Electricity travels at the speed of light --
more than 186,000 miles per second!
2. A spark of static electricity can measure
up to 3,000 volts.
3. Lightning is a discharge of electricity in
the atmosphere. Lightning bolts can travel
at around 130,000 miles per hour and
reach nearly 54,000 °F in temperature.
4. Electric eels can produce strong electric
shocks of around 500 volts for both self-
defense and hunting.
5. Have you ever wondered why birds
sitting on a power line don’t get
electrocuted? If a bird sits on just one
power line it is safe. However, if the bird
touches another line with a wing or a
foot, it creates a circuit, causing the
electricity to flow through the bird’s body.
This results in electrocution.
6. Two positive charges repel each other,
as do two negative charges. On the other
hand, opposite charges attract each other.
7. Coal is the world’s biggest source of
energy for producing electricity. Coal is
burned in furnaces that boil water. The
steam from the boiling water then spins
turbines that are attached to generators.
8. Did you
know that
electricity
plays a role
in the way
your heart
beats?
Electricity
causes
muscle
cells in the
heart to
contract. Electrocardiogram (ECG)
machines, used by medical professionals,
measure the electricity going through the
heart. As the heart beats in a healthy
person, the ECG machine displays a line
moving across the screen with regular
spikes.
9. Electric fields work in a similar way to
gravity. Whereas gravity always attracts,
electric fields can either attract or repulse.
10. Benjamin Franklin carried out
extensive electricity research in the 18th
century, inventing the lightning rod
amongst his many discoveries. In the
event of a lightning strike, the lighting rod
conducts the strike through a grounded
wire, protecting the building.

Coal is the world’s biggest source of
energy for producing electricity. Coal is
burned in furnaces that boil water. The
steam from the boiling water then spins
turbines that are attached to generators.

I can't understand why ebele azikiwe failed to tap into enugu coal to improve power supply in Nigeria.

5. Have you ever wondered why birds
sitting on a power line don’t get
electrocuted? If a bird sits on just one
power line it is safe. However, if the bird
touches another line with a wing or a
foot, it creates a circuit, causing the
electricity to flow through the bird’s body.
This results in electrocution.

I've always wondered!

Ok

Enlightening!

*yawns.
Dude, who uses fahrenheit anymore?
Also, electricity is far different from gravity.
Also, are you saying that if a human were to touch a single line, without being earthed, he/she would be safe?


#justsayin

Teempakguy:
*yawns.
Dude, who uses fahrenheit anymore?
Also, electricity is far different from gravity.
Also, are you saying that if a human were to touch a single line, without being earthed, he/she would be safe?


#justsayin

United States of America. They don't use the Celsius scale.

Electricity DOES NOT travel at the speed of light.
That's a very common misconception.
When you turn ON a switch and complete a circuit, the effect of the voltage/potential is felt instanteanously (aka speed of light) across the entire cirtuit. But the actual flow of electrons is much slower.
Remember that electricity is defined as the "flow of electrons"

Still learning