The National Fire Protection Association is encouraging you to get grounded in the basics of electrical safety.
According to the NFPA, electrical distribution and lighting equipment were involved in an estimated 20,900 reported home structure fires in 2005. These fires resulted in 500 civilian deaths and 1,100 civilian injuries, with 2 million in direct property damage.
To learn more about what you can do to keep your home safe from electrical fires, come www.nfpa.org.
This video shows the basics in easy-to-understand language. It shows you what a basic circuit looks like and even shows you how to add a switch to a light within that circuit.
The Electrical Maintenance and Installation Technology Program at Honolulu Community College. This program is all-inclusive, fulfilling the requirements for entry level positions in the electrical field; provides technical knowledge needed as well as the necessary hands-on skills that define self confidence and success. Emphasis is placed on wiring in accordance with the provisions contained in the National Electrical Code.
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/electric-vocabulary
We all know the words around electricity, “charge,” “positive,” “battery” and more. But where do they come from and what do they really mean? Let the history of these words illuminate the physics of electric phenomena.
Lesson by James Sheils, animation by TED-Ed.
This pilot’s abilities are tested as he faces a serious situation trying to land at night with an electrical failure.
Watch in HD – Cessna 172
General note regarding Electrical Failures:
Most airplanes are designed in such a way that all major systems (such as primary flight controls and engine(s) will continue to function fine in the event of an electrical failure.
In fact, many airplanes that do not need to operate near controlled airspace, do not have electrical systems at all.
However, things like radios, lights, transponders, electronic flaps, and so on, are obviously going to be unavailable in the event of an electrical failure, so it is a serious if not dire situation – especially at night.
As for the specifics of this situation, I got the following additional info from Steven:
There was a dead cell in the battery that obviously caused some sort of electrical short when the load became too great. Pretty sure they just replaced the battery and the system was fine.
EDIT: There is a great comment thread on reddit about this, and it links back to an older thread discussing the raw footage.
– most questions that come up have been answered in one the threads:
My night time electrical failure got "flight chopped". More informative and entertaining footage than the raw clip you may have seen before
byu/prometheus5500 inflying
Thanks to Steven Martinet for sharing this footage and being willing to be “Flight Chopped” 🙂
More of his flying videos can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/prometheus5500/videos
DISCLAIMER: I am a “weekend warrior” private pilot, I fly for fun with no intentions of going commercial.I have had my PPL for over 15 years, but still consider each flight a learning experience – I generally take detailed notes after each flight to remind myself what went well or what I could do to improve…. Having the GoPro cameras to record flights like this is invaluable. I find these self analysis videos very helpful in my constant quest to improve, and am happy to share.Feed back is invited; however, please keep it positive
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This is a video of me removing and Installing a new wall plug receptacle. This is a standard 115V AC 15 amp plug.
The UKs top electricians compete in SkillElectric, the Worldskills UK Competition at the Interbuild Trade Show, Birmingham NEC, 26-30 October 2008.
Watch this insightful video about the life of an Electrical Engineer at Rio Tinto and what makes them get out of bed every morning.