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Elecricity is diverse – How about some interesting facts!!!

Thu, February 11 2010 - 3:05 PM
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Hello Readers!

So I have spent about a month talking all about the potential hazards, dangers, and information about what an Electrician can do for you and how to prevent them. Now I thought I would swutch it up and just give you some fun facts about electricity!!! These are some interesting things about electricity you may or may not already know:

  • Early in their history, Christmas lights were so expensive that they were more commonly rented than sold. An electrically lighted tree was a status symbol in the early 1900s.
  • $212 billion in electrical bills paid by US customers each year.
  • 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.
  • Every year, American homes waste more than $13 billion in energy – an average of $150 per family.
  • More than 10,000 homes in the United States are powered entirely by solar energy.
  • Electrocution is one of the top five causes of workplace deaths.
  • The Livermore Centennial Light was manufactured in 1901 by the Shelby Electric Company. It is a hand-blown bulb with a carbon filament. It uses approximately 4 watts of electricity. The bulb has been left burning continuously in the firehouse as a night light over the fire trucks since 1901.
  • During the whole of his life, Edison received only three months of formal schooling, and was dismissed from school as being retarded.
  • Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was one of the most well known inventors of all time with 1093 patents.
  • One lightning bolt has enough electricity to service 200,000 homes.
  • First Lighthouse to use electricity – Statue of Liberty (1886)
  • The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

    • Electricity is a form of life and we all need it to live. Keep reading and I will keep educating you as best I can with new tips, ideas, money savers, and hazards as we come across them..

    Thanks,

    Danielle

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