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 Module
1, Power
Generation and Lighting Technologies,
demonstrates how much effort is needed to generate electricity.
The
centerpiece of Module 1 is a hand crank generator that feeds into an
inverter, to produce 120 Volts of electricity. The module is
wired so that the electricity generated through the crank is fed to a
set of five 4-Watt lamps, that will light sequentially as
sufficient power is generated. Note that with a hand crank
generator it is unlikely that students will be able to produce enough
power to light all 5 lamps,
thereby demonstrating how hard it is to generate even
such small amounts of
power.
Module
1 also has an operating residential electric utility meter.
All of the wall mounted sample lighting in this exhibit will be powered
through the electric meter.
This
module also displays samples of standard and energy
efficient lighting technologies that can be used at home or
school. A set of switches allow the students to turn each
light on and off individually. The lighting
technologies displayed are as follows:
- 15 W
Compact Fluorescent with medium base screw-in
- 15 W
Incandescent
- 60 W
Standard Incandescent medium base screw-in
- 24 W
Circular Fluorescent with medium base screw-in
- 0.03W
Electro Luminescent night light
- 4 W
Incandescent night light
- 17 W
24” T8 Fluorescent lamp with electronic ballast
- 20 W
24” T12 Fluorescent lamp with magnetic ballast
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