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Contents
Basic facts
Household wiring
History of voltage and frequency
Cicrcuit breakers
Grounding
Work = force (Newtons) X distance (m)
1 cycle/second = 1 Hertz
Powerful Devices
Circuit Breakers
Circuit breakers open the circuit when a
current in a house wire exceeds the rated
current for that circuit.
Lamp Plug or
Hair Dryer
(Polarized)
Drier Plug or
Stove Plug
(Ground)
Grounding the Current
The service panel is connected to a long
metal stake that buried outside the house.