 Give an example of different electrical

gadgets that we are using at home and in

the school?

 What is the use of each gadget?

Look at the picture:

1. What can you say about the picture?

2. What are the health and safety practices
in making electrical gadgets.
Group Activity:
1. Why is it important to follow the health and
safety practices in making electrical gadgets?
Health and Safety Practices in
Making Electrical Gadget
1. Avoid water at all times when working with
electricity. Never touch or try repairing any
electrical equipment or circuits with wet hands.
It increases the conductivity of electric current.
2. Never use equipment with frayed cords,
damaged insulation or broken plugs.
3. If you are working on any receptacle at your
home then always turn off the mains. It is also
a good idea to put up a sign on the service
panel so that nobody turns the main switch ON
by accident.
4. Always use insulated tools while working.
5. Always be observant of such signs and
follow the safety rules established by the
electrical code followed by the country you’re
in.
6. Always use appropriate insulated rubber
gloves and goggles while working on any
branch circuit or any other electrical circuit.
7. Never try repairing energized equipment.
8. Never use an aluminium or steel ladder if you
are working on any receptacle at height in your
home. An electrical surge will ground you and the
whole electric current will pass through your body.
Use a bamboo, wooden or a fibreglass ladder
instead.
9. Know the wire code of your country.
10. Always check all your GFCI’s once a month.
A GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) is a
RCD (Residual Current Device).
11. Always use a circuit breaker or fuse with the
appropriate current rating. Circuit breakers and
fuses are protection devices that automatically
disconnect the live wire when a condition of
short circuit or over current occurs.
11. Always use a circuit breaker or fuse with the
appropriate current rating. Circuit breakers and
fuses are protection devices that automatically
disconnect the live wire when a condition of
short circuit or over current occurs.
1. What will you do first when you replace a
blown out fuse?
2. What is the first thing to do before you
replace tumbler switch?
3. You are washing your clothes, and you need
to plug in the washing machine, what is the best
thing to do first?
1. What are the importance of following
health and safety practices in making
electrical gadget?
Write S if the situation shows as safe practice,
writes U if it is an unsafe practice.
______1. Never use equipment with frayed
cords, damaged insulation or broken plugs.
______2. Avoid water at all times when
working with electricity.
______3. Never touch or try repairing any
electrical equipment or circuits with wet
hands.
______4. If you are working on any receptacle
at your home then always turn off the main
switch.
______5. Always use appropriate insulated
rubber gloves and goggles while working on
any electrical circuit.
1. Make a project plan for lampshade.
2. Make a project plan for bulb tester.
3. Make a plan for a buzzer circuit.
SUPPLEMENTARY
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 1:
Direction: Arrange the steps in replacing a
blown-out fuse by numbering them from 1 – 5.
______ 1. Open the cover of the main switch.
______ 2. Turn off the current in the main switch.
______ 3. Turn on again the main switch.
______ 4. Close the cover of the main switch.
______ 5. Using long nose pliers, remove the
blown-out fuse and replace with the new one.
ACTIVITY 2:
Direction: Number the following steps in
replacing switch.
_____ 1. Loosen the screws of the switch plate.
_____ 2. Turn off the main switch.
_____ 3. Return the screws in their proper places.
Try to switch on and off the light.
_____ 4. Remove the screws of the body of the
switch.
_____ 5. Loosen the screws inside the switch
which is holding the wire.
_____ 6. Be sure that the skinned wire is
twisted properly in a clockwise direction.
Activity No. 3
Direction: Answer the following questions.
1. What are you going to do first before starting to
replace a switch?
_____________________________________________
___________________________________
2. You should use an __________________ tools in
repairing electrical gadgets.
____________________________________________
3. Where does the fuse connected?
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________
4. What kind of tools are you going to use in order
to find out if a bulb or fuse is not functioning?
_____________________________________________
_____________________
5. Brown out in your house only. What is the
possible cause of it?
Activity No. 4
How to make a bulb tester?
Materials:
2 meters flat cord stranded
wire # 18
1 male plug (round)
1 lamp receptacle
1 LED bulb (220V)
1 electrical tape
1 foot solid wire #14
Tools:
Combination plier
Screw drivers
Side cutter
Wire stripper
Plier
Steps in making Continuity Tester:
1. Prepare the tools and materials needed.
2. Connect the receptacle at the middle of the 2
meters wire by cutting I line of the flat cord.
3. Connect the end of the duplex wire to the
male plug.
4. Connect the solid wires on both ends of the
flat cord, wrap with electrical tape.
5. Plug in the male plug to the convenience
outlet and make contact of both ends of the
solid wires. If the bulbs function, your tester is
good, ready to test electrical gadgets.
Activity No. 5
On and Off buzzer circuit

Tools and Equipment:

Combination pliers
Cutter
Screw drivers
Gimlet
Continuity tester or VOM
Bill of materials:
1 pc electric buzzer 220V P 115.00
1 pc. Push button 30.00
standard type
5 m flat cord #18 stranded 100.00
6 pcs Insulated 6.00
staple ¼” or ½”
1 pc wiring board 6”x8” 30.00
3/4 plywood __________
P 251.00