INTRODUCTION: HOW ELECTRICITY WORKS - …

ELECTRICITY (E) ELECTRICITY how it WORKS , how we measure and pay for it. introduction : HOW ELECTRICITY WORKS : E completely surrounds us. Modern life would be rather primitive without it. A few examples are: Outlets where you can plug in all sorts of electric appliances. Battery powered or DC devices/radios, I pods, computers. Thunderstorms releasing lightening. The static electric charge on the human body dissipates in a spark on the surface of a pet or door knob with a different charge. So, what is this mysterious stuff that we call E? Where does it come from? Where does it go and why is it able to do so many different things? BASICS: E starts with electrons. Every atom contains one or more electrons.

Moving electrons have energy. As the electrons move from one point to another, they can do work. In an incandescent light bulb for example, the energy of the electrons is used to create heat and the

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