For my physic’s blog this week about electric potential energy, I took a picture of an electrical power strip. These power strips are convenient because you can charge many different things at one time from just one wall plug. I learned in class today that each outlet contains 120 volts, so I calculated that this power strip is holding about 960 volts of potential energy since there are 8 power outlets. I also learned that the number of joules doesn’t matter when determining if something is dangerous or not. Instead, the more charge there is, that makes it more dangerous. The most important thing that I learned from physics class this week is electric potential IS NOT the same as electrical potential energy.
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