09/02 Manga Guide/ 5 Common Appliances

Outlet Overloading:

Apparently, according to Mr. Electricity, you are not overloading a outlet but the circuit supplies power to the multiple lights and outlets.

Most homes can hold about 200 amps of electrical power, making the possibility of overloading, quite small. In order to find the capacity of circuits so they don't overload:

Find what breaker/ fuse services which outlet. Once this circuit is identified, check the amps # (i.e. 15) at the end of the breaker switch. 

Multiply this by 120 (volts) to find the total wattage, or capacity, for the circuit: For example, 15 x 120 = 1800 watts.

Multiply the total wattage by 0.8 to find the safe wattage: 1800 x 0.8 = 1440 watts.

The above list of everyday appliances we use in our household are shown, based on a monthly estimate/ cost of kilo Watts per hour (kWh). The wattage, size and usage assumption are thus averaged, based on such findings, with the help of Duke EA  Electric Appliances.

What is the directional relationship between charge and current?

Electric current is the rate of charge flow (measured in amperes) past a given point in an electrical circuit. The charge's movement is based on the positive and negative sourced areas. The motion will always move from a positive source charge to a negative. 

Static Electricity Experiment 

I personally don't have the hair to showcase static electricity but I understand the fundamental concept: that of an imbalance in the electric charges in a surface. Most commonly seen by rubbing a ballon against one's head and watching as your hair reacts to said imbalance, by "standing" up.