Fun facts about electricity

Fun Facts About Electricity

• Electricity travels at the speed of light - more than 186,000 miles per second!
• A spark of static electricity can measure up to three thousand (3,000) volts.
• A bolt of lightning can measure up to three million (3,000,000) volts - and it lasts less than one second!
• Electricity always tries to find the easiest path to the ground.
• Electricity can be made from wind, water, the sun and even animal manure.
• Burning coal is the most common way electricity is made in the United States.
• One power plant can produce enough electricity for 180,000 homes.
• The first power plant - owned by Thomas Edison - opened in New York City in 1882.
• Thomas Edison didn't invent the first light bulb - but he did invent one that stayed lit for more than a few seconds.
• Thomas Edison invented more than 2,000 new products, including almost everything needed for us to use electricity in our homes: switches, fuses, sockets and meters.
• Benjamin Franklin didn't discover electricity - but he did prove that lightning is a form of electrical energy