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1. Safety
Moment

3. Basics of
Electricity

4. Background &
History

5. Discovery
Ancient Egyptian
Where did the Atom get its name?
500 BC Greeks discovered the Atom
(Leucippus & Democritus)
Where did Electricity get its name?
600 BC Greeks discovered Electricity
400 AD Egyptians discovered balloon
hair phenomenon
1800 AD Americans and Europeans
discovered how to use it

7. Responsible for the introduction of:
• Alternating Current
• Tesla Coil
• Wireless
• Motors
• Radar
• X-Rays
• Neon
• Remote Control
• Lasers
• Robotics
• Cellular Phones
Nikola Tesla
Responsible for the introduction of:
• Alternating Current
• Tesla Coil
• Wireless
• Motors
• Radar
• X-Rays
• Neon
• Remote Control
• Lasers
• Robotics
• Cellular Phones

8. Thomas
Edison
 His company facilitated the introduction of:
 Telegraph
 Phonograph
 Electric Light Bulb
 Alkaline Batteries
 Kinetograph (motion camera)

9. War
of
the
Currents

10. N S
Coil of Wire

11. Volts
N
S
time

12. What the heck is even
Electricity

13. This is a unit of energy rated in
calories
Utilities sell units of energy
rated in kilowatt hours
1 Kilowatt hours = 860 Calories

14. =
KWh
1
Calories
860

15. Electricity is moving electrons

16. How fast is electricity?
Electric Field = Speed of light
Electron = Inch per hour
.00001 inch per cycle

17. Universal energy source
Cleaner
Safer
Can be created in bulk in a small area
Easily distributed and transported
Weightless
Storable
Takes up little space
communicate over long distances
Less expensive
Lunching pad for other tech
best energy source?
Universal energy source
Cleaner
Safer
Can be created in bulk in a small area
Easily distributed and transported
Weightless
Storable
Takes up little space
communicate over long distances
Less expensive
Lunching pad for other tech

18. Too much current Excessive Heat Melting
Fault / Open / No Path
What an Underground Fault looks like when you finally find it

19. What is the
Biggest
Magnet on
Earth?
EARTH
?

21. Land Requirements for 600 MW’s
40 acres
3000 acres
10,000 acres

22. Floto voltaics Water-treatment facility in Walden, Colorado