QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK December 26 ~ WIN Gift Certificates ~ Now That You've Had a Home Inspection Books ~ Custom Videos

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**** Welcome to another round of Questions of The Week!

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**The questions this week are all electrical related in tribute to our new Member Of The Year, Joseph DePiero who is an electrical engineer!
:electric_plug: :electric_plug: :electric_plug:

  1. Name the two most common types of potentially damaging electrical charges

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2) The total load on any single overcurrent device in a panelboard must not exceed 80 percent of its capacity where the load continues for __ or more hours to avoid overheating of the conductor
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 80% is not the number

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3) How many components does a simple circuit contain?
And what are they?

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4) Kinetic energy in an inductor is stored in the form of _______ field
Potential energy in a capacitor is stored in the form of _______ field

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5) The average resistance of the human body, once electricity starts to flow through it and the blood stream ionizes, is about _______ from hand to hand

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Extra Bragging Credit, use your memory and give it a shot … … …
WHO Sang this on WHAT song?
We got fifteen dollars

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Great questions, Marc…Thanks for doing these QOTW! :smile:

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  1. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) and electromagnetic pulse (EMP)

  2. C 3 hours

  3. 3 parts - Voltage (energy source), conductor (wire), resistance (load or resistor)

  4. In an inductor - Magnetic Field
    In a capacitor - Electrical field

  5. Approximately 500 ohms from hand to hand.

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  1. Name the two most common types of potentially damaging electrical charges
    Reverse polarity and parallel grounding.
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  1. The total load on any single overcurrent device in a panelboard must not exceed 80 percent of its capacity where the load continues for 1 or more hours to avoid overheating of the conductor
    a)

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3) How many components does a simple circuit contain? 3
And what are they?
The energy source (current/voltage) , the conductor (wire) and the device/appliance/switch (load/amp).
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4) Kinetic energy in an inductor is stored in the form of magnetic field.
Potential energy in a capacitor is stored in the form of electrostatic field.

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5) The average resistance of the human body, once electricity starts to flow through it and the blood stream ionizes, is about 500 ohms from hand to hand.

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WHO Sang this on WHAT song?
We got fifteen dollars
Sounds to me that it comes form a past era, no offense. (Before I was born)

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Good questions Marc, thanks for your time!

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Nice work Marc.
Thanks

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  1. Positive and Negative
  2. A
  3. Three: Voltage,Ampacity,Resistance
    4.Inductor-Magnetic Field
    Capacitor-Electric Field
  4. 500 ohms
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1-Electrostatic and electromagnetic
2- C 3
3- 3= Power source,Conducting path and Load
4- magnetic, electrostatic
5-500
The Great Filling Station Holdup[Jimmy Buffett

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  1. electrostatic discharge - electromagnetic pulse
  2. 3hrs
  3. 3, voltage, a conductive path, and a resistor
  4. magnetic, electrical
  5. 500 ohms
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No one got all 5 correct, BUT Nathan Clapper & Jacob Kaufman got 4 of 5.
Looks like everyone had trouble with question #1.
Yeah, you could figure EMP is a response, but it is a product of the answer I was looking for, lightning strikes.

So… … … Congrats to
Nathan & Jacob the winners!
Thanks everyone for being here! :cowboy_hat_face:

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  1. Name the two most common types of potentially damaging electrical charges
    Lightning strikes and static electricity
    https://homeguides.sfgate.com/plumbing-system-electrical-grounding-94939.html
    A lightning strike produces a localized EMP
    Lightning is a very high voltage discharge with an extremely high current. This high current in turn produces a corresponding magnetic field. This is very broad spectrum , from very-low-frequency ( VLF ) radio to ultraviolet ( UV ) wavelengths.
    http://www.alphamarinesystems.com/lightning_and_emp_damage.htm

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2) The total load on any single overcurrent device in a panelboard must not exceed 80 percent of its capacity where the load continues for __ or more hours to avoid overheating of the conductor
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 80% is not the number
C - 3
https://www.tests.com/practice/electrician-practice-test

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3) How many components does a simple circuit contain?
And what are they?
Three components are necessary to have a functioning electric circuit, namely, a source of voltage, a conductive path, and a resistor


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4) Kinetic energy in an inductor is stored in the form of _______ field
Potential energy in a capacitor is stored in the form of _______ field
magnetic electric
The potential energy in a capacitor is stored in the form of electric field, and the kinetic energy in an inductor is stored in the form of magnetic field

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5) The average resistance of the human body, once electricity starts to flow through it and the blood stream ionizes, is about _______ from hand to hand
500 ohms
YIPPEE! Everyone got it right!
International Association of Electrical Inspectors
IAEI News magazine – 16 May 10


**((this one’s dedicated to the now defunct Goofy The Cab Driver :laughing: :rofl:

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Extra Bragging Credit, use your memory and give it a shot … … …
WHO Sang this on WHAT song?
We got fifteen dollars
The Great Filling Station Holdup
Composer Lyricist: Jimmy Buffett
1973 Geffen Records Released on: 01-01-1973

WHA? Sir Roy got it?? Must be that it’s the only country music tune he performed. :cowboy_hat_face:

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Congratulations to Nathan & Jacob! Way to go! :smile:

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Congratulations to Nathan & Jacob!

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:partying_face: congrats @jkaufman & @nclapper!

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Congrats guys!

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nice work…

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Oh wow!! Thanks guys! Thanks once again to @mgoldenberg for doing these week in and week out!
As for question #1 I was going to put lighnitng strikes but it seemed like such a simple answer and I panicked and went back to my answer I put haha. Should have follow my instinct!
Thanks again guys! 2020 here we come!
Congradulations to my winning parter @nclapper as well.

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Congrats, guys!

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Congratulations gentlemen from 1st pro inspection

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Thank you everyone! I enjoy the questions every week and appreciate the time and effort Marc and everyone else puts into these. They are a great learning experience.

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Good stuff Marc, keep up the great work. Happy New Year!

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