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Note that "electricity" doesn't flow, only current does, which is one aspect of electricity. And current is the flow of electrons.
The current created at power plant travels for many miles over long wires called transmission lines. These transmission lines are held up, away from the ground, by giant wood or metal transmission towers through these it reaches houses.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y ago- Inside a power plant, coal, oil or gas is burned in a big boiler to create steam. If the plant is hydro-electric, water is used.
- The steam is used to spin a big fan, known as a turbine. The turbine turns a big magnet inside a generator - like an electric motor that works in reverse - to create an electrical current.
- The electricity is sent through a transformer to make it the right voltage. This gives the electricity enough pressure to travel long distances.
- Big high-voltage transmission lines carry the electricity to your city or suburb.
- It passes through sub-stations, where the voltage is lowered to make it safe to use in our homes.
- It travels through smaller power lines to your house.
- It passes through an electricity meter that measures how much your family uses.
- The electricity goes to the switchboard in your home, where it is divided into different circuits for each area of your house.
- The electricity travels through wires inside the walls to outlets and switches all over your house.
- You can use the electricity to switch on lights, watch TV, listen to music and cook dinner!
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∙ 9y agoIt has to come along wires all the way. Some of the wires may be high-voltage overhead lines on pylons, or medium voltage lines on wooden poles, or low voltage (e.g. 240 v) for delivery to the house, which might be fed from overhead or underground cables.
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∙ 9y agoElectricity travels overhead on high voltage distribution lines. The higher the voltage the higher the conductors are from the ground. The higher the conductors are above the ground, the greater the spans between electrical towers can be.
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∙ 11y agoThrough wires, cables, and Transformers, installed every inch of the way
between the power generating plant and the outlets in your home.
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∙ 13y agoElectricity travels from power plants to homes through transmission cables (wires).
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∙ 10y agoThe simple answer is . . . through wires.
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Is electricity living or nonliving?
Electricity affects your life by making things simpler. Without electricity, people would have to warm their bodies and eat by other means. Without it, you will not be able to cook or or have light and you wont be able to get home.
Can one buy a wireless weather station for their home?
"Yes, there are many options and choices available for one to buy a wireless weather station for home. They are customized to your needs and your concerns for the weather surrounding you."
Does electricity release carbon dioxide?
It happens all the time. Someone leaves a car running in a garage, someone decides to use a charcoal-fired grill indoors. We lose several here in Florida every year from both causes. Does NOT happen in an all electric home, unless someone brings something that burns fuel, like propane, gas or any other type. I live in an all electric home and have no problems. All electric home is safe, just do not bring stuff in and burn, like gas heaters or BBQ's.
What is a advantage of hydroelectrical energy?
Hydro power is produced by harnessing the power of water, using a Hydro Electric Dam for example, whilst solar power is produced by harnessing the power of the Sun by using solar panels. Hydroelectric power can be used all day and night. As for solar, of course, it can only be used during the day. Solar does produce more power than hydro does so it is more efficient to have solar power than hydroelectric power. It doesn't seem so because you'd think that running water all day and all night would produce more power than the sun powering solar panels only 10 -12 hours a day. Trying to run your pond by using the running water from it to power its self doesnt work as well as you think it would. Unless your pond has a waterfall with the force of Niagra Falls, I don't think that it would be wise to try and power your pond with your pond. Not a good idea and a waste of money. Solar is also more expensive. Hope your not getting bored...:) ANYWAY... So if you can somehow power your home by wind, the sun's energy, or water of unimaginable force, you will be paid for any extra energy you are creating. If you can make more money than you have to pay in power bills you will have made money and therefore be able to use that for whatever you want. Pretty cool huh? Its worth the money if you plan on staying in your home for 5 or more years.
Does watching TV cause global warming?
Home use is responsible for more than half of the total output of carbon dioxide. Appliances (A/C, heat, water heaters) account for 70% of home electricity use, and another 10% by incandescent lighting. Televisions actually account for about 3% of the typical home's energy use. Pinpointing television use as a significant cause of global warming is therefore contraindicated.
How does electricity flow from a power station to power station?
There is an important difference between this question and another common question in this category. (How does electricity flow from a power station to your home?) Power stations connected to an electricity network (for example a national electricity grid) generate electricity as alternating current. The electricity generators in these power stations spin at 3000 RPM. (That is for a 50 Hz network - for a 60 Hz network they spin at 3600 RPM.) They are called Synchronous Machines, that is, they all spin at exactly the same speed. It's as if they were connected mechanically, even though they are not in the same location, and only connected by wires. The electricity flow from one region to another and therefore one power station to another depends on the voltages at each of the regions. To say that electricity flows from one power station to another would not be quite correct, as all power stations export electricity if they are on-line and generating. (If they are off-line they might import small amounts of electricity.)
When electricity flows wires into our home?
Electricity does not flow wires into your home, wires direct the flow of current into your home.
How are electricity export or import?
Electricity is exported from the electrical power station that produces it and is imported into your home or business that uses it. This is done by way of electrical power lines and electrical sub stations.
What is coal sed for?
Coal is used for burning to make heat. At home in a fire, at a power station to generate electricity.
Electricity can flow in a circuit and can produce what?
To produce working lights, washer machines, air conditioners ,televisions..etc. basically it provides power to all appliances in your home.
How does electricity get from a power plant to your home?
Through wires...
What can hydro power do?
It could produce electricity for your home.
How does electricity get from power plant to your home?
through wires
How do power lines be used?
to send power through them so that electricity can get to your home
What is household electricity called?
household electricity is called alternating current because when you have elecricity in your home,your elecricity will travel all over your house to make the electricity flow.
Will hydro power be easy to assimilate into your lives?
Yes. Hydro power is used to generate electricity, the same that you use at home. This electricity is fed into the grid where it connects to your home and assimilates into your lives.
Should we have a nuclear power station in everyone's home?
No. A nuclear power station is a massive undertaking, and is cost effective only on the large scale.
