{"id":269,"date":"2016-02-20T13:09:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T20:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blastedscience.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2016-02-20T23:09:21","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T06:09:21","slug":"how-to-use-electricity-wall-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blastedscience.com\/how-to-use-electricity-wall-power\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Electricity: Wall Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to How to Use Electricity<\/em>: a series explaining the important, useful parts of electricity. This series will explain everything you need to know to be able to use it in your own projects. We’ve cut out all the fat so we can explain it as simply and quickly as we can.<\/p>\n

Learning about electricity can be overwhelming. The purpose of this series is to explain the fundamentals of electricity in a simple and practical way. Let’s get started.<\/p>\n

What is Wall Power?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Electricity<\/a>

U.S. Wall Outlet<\/p><\/div>\n

Also known as mains power, AC power, or household power, this refers to the electricity you get from those little wall sockets you plug everything into. Wall power is by far the most commonly used source of electricity for dangerous DIY projects. This is the only kind of electricity you’ll need to know about for anything Blasted Science does. In the United States, wall power is 120VAC at 60Hz, with a maximum current of 15A. That’s a lot of big numbers. We’ll go into more detail about what that means later in the series, but this essentially means three things about wall power:<\/p>\n