Electricians pub ammo

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Interesting electrical related facts wanted.

OK, have you heard any interesting electrical facts people "might" find interesting if so this is where to post them facts, electricians pub ammo if you like.

I'll get things started.

1. Did you know cable ties used to be coated in rat poison to keep the rats from chewing cables. But was stopped because sparkys put the cable ties in there mouths and many got ill.(so I was told)

 

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The first lighthouse to use electricity was the Statue of Liberty in 1886.

 

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An electric oven uses one kilowatt-hour of electricity in about 20 minutes, but one kilowatt-hour will power a TV for 3 hours, run a 100-watt bulb for 12 hours, and keep an electric clock ticking for 3 months.

 

[L-E_Fault]

The electric eel can generate up to 500 Volts at 1 Ampere. The electric eel doesn

 

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The electric chair was invented by a dentist The dentist

 

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Every year in the UK alone the amount of electrical waste we dispose of amounts to 1.2 million tonnes which would be enough to fill the new Wembley stadium over 6 times.

This is increasing at an extremely fast rate of 5% every year.

 

[Evans Electric]

The electric chair was invented by a dentist The dentist

 

[Andy™]

An electric oven uses one kilowatt-hour of electricity in about 20 minutes, but one kilowatt-hour will power a TV for 3 hours, run a 100-watt bulb for 12 hours, and keep an electric clock ticking for 3 months.

er... 100w x 12 hours = 1.2KWH. 100w x 10 hours = 1KWH.

 

[Andy™]

Every year in the UK alone the amount of electrical waste we dispose of amounts to 1.2 million tonnes which would be enough to fill the new Wembley stadium over 6 times. This is increasing at an extremely fast rate of 5% every year.

Anyone else think we need to start breaking waste up a bit more to fill a smaller space?!

 

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An Italian Alexanro Volta invented the first battery (electric cell)

 

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The first football match played under floodlights took place at Sheffield in 1878.

 

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The same year 1878 there were 20 public lighting schemes in operation around the uk, a dc system called limelight.

 

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The first recorded fatal electrocution happened in 1879.

 

[septiclecky]

A slow cooker only use's 50 watts to cook your food.

 

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1890 First overhead cables were erected. Before this it was usual to just lay the cables in the gutters at the side of the road.

 

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1904: The alternating current supplied in the UK was standardised at 50 Hertz. Before this different power stations produced different sorts of frequency so appliances that worked in some places would not work in others.

 

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1916: The voltage of mains electricity was standardised at 240 volts. Before this local power stations produced electricity at lots of different voltages.

 

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1926: The National Grid, first thought of in 1916, started to be built in this year - and was completed in 1937. The National Grid was set up to make electricity available all the time to as many people as possible and to make it cheaper.

 

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1934: The first large scale power failure occurred in South East England - all the lights went out.

 

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1950: Plastic covered wire became available. Before this cables were either cloth or rubber covered, both of which deteriorated with time and became dangerous.