RB, It is regular electricity, just the smoke is generated differently ie: smouldering of poor connecrions during the thought proces.
Heres the general gist of the process:
1. Most electricity is manufactured at Power Stations where it is fed into wires which are then wound around large drums.
2. Some electricity, however, does not need to go along wires. For example, that used in lightning and portable radios is not generated, it just lies around loose.
3. Electricity makes a low humming noise; this noise may be pitched at different level for use in doorbells, telephones and electronic organs.
4. Electricity must be earthed. That is to say it has to be connected to the ground before it can function, except in the case of aeroplanes, which have separate arrangements.
5. Although electricity does not leak out of an empty light socket, that light socked is, nevertheless, live if you happen to shove your finger in it when the switch is on (so if it is not leaking, what is it doing?).
6. Electricity is made up of two ingredients- Positive and Negative. One ingredient travels along a wire covered in brown plastic, and the other along a wire covered in blue plastic. When these two wires meet together in what we call a plug, the different ingredients mix together to form electricity.
7. Electricity may be stored in batteries.Big batteries do not necessarily hold more than small batteries. In big batteries the electricity is just shovelled in, while in small ones the electricity is packed in flat.
8. With the invention of coloured electricity, so also came a great easing of the traffic problem. Before this, policeman had to be used at road junctions.
9. An even bigger breakthrough came in 1929 with the invention of negative electricity; this resulted in the invention of the electric refrigerator.
Electrical apparatus
A few notes on the function of various Electrical Apparatus for Mechanical Fitters:
1. The light switch- The lever controls a small vice or clamp which grips the wire very hard thus prevents the electricity from passing that Point when the switch is in the ‘OFF’ position.
1. The light bulb- This is one of the few times when electricity can actually been seen. This takes the form of a tiny spark which is magnified many hundreds of times by the curved glass of the bulb. Unfortunately these bulbs have a limited life because, as anyone can tell you, the heat generated by the magnified spark causes the oxygen in the bulb to condense into moisture and this moisture then quenches the spark.
2. The fuse box- This is where all the wires in a house come together (or fuse) with the wires from the power station. It is prone to failure due to the fact that manufactures of this service put in wires that are far too thin.
NOTE: There is a brand of chicken wire that is an excellent substitute for fuse wire and is much more reliable. Use this and even though your spin drier may bust into flames your fuse box will still not let you down.
The smoke discovery
The big lie from when Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity, has finally been made public by a few turn-coat Electricians. These Electricians have since been ex-communicated from their colleagues in the Electrical Trades Union. This information on what electricity really is, would be of considerable value to Mechanical Fitters:
· Computers, electric lights, stoves, electric motors and all other electrical and electronic equipment run on smoke.
· All the smoke is generate at power stations. It can be stored at a local level in batteries and capacitors.
· All those overhead wires, house wiring and printed circuit boards can all carry smoke from the power station to the fuse board to the appliances and electrical equipment. If one of the wires or components break or become damaged, the smoke escapes and stops the equipment from working.
· The bigger the appliance is the thicker the wire is needed to carry the smoke, or, in the case of a complicated device, many thin wires carrying a small amount of smoke.
· The severity of an electrical problem (when the smoke starts leaking from the equipment) can be judged by the colour of the escaping smoke. Heavy black smoke is the most serious, with lighter grey smoke usually not as bad.
· Just how the smoke works can be easily explained. When you turn on a light switch, the smoke flows into the light bulb with such a force that it gets excited and glows. This sucks up all the dark in the room and turns the smoke black (in the return wiring) This black smoke is used in your toaster, where it falls onto the bread to make it darker. Sometimes when two much smoke is used it will escape out the top of the toaster.
· The first industry to cotton onto the smoke theory was the Railways. They noticed that a lot of smoke was escaping from their steam locomotives so they switched to diesel. These also leaked a little, so the trend today is towards the almost leak-proof electric trains.
Again, I apologise for digressing further thunder.
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