Plant Operations' Energy Management department has a new gadget that can demonstrate how much power it takes to light a light bulb. The above photo gives us a bird's-eye view of the gadget. Along the top, you can see three light bulbs: the first is a 25-watt incandescent bulb, the second is a ten-watt compact florescent bulb, and the third is a 7-watt LED. In the lower left-hand corner is a switch that will change which bulb is getting power. The crank on the lower right side is the crank that you can manually turn to light each of the bulbs. This is an old telephone hand crank from the early telephones when they had to crank their phones in order to use them. It creates a voltage (about 110 watts) and sends it out. If you turn the crank, you can see with your eyes how much power it takes to light these bulbs. Try it for yourself to see the powerful results (powerful, get it?).
The Energy Management department will be joining President Young tomorrow, September 16, 2010 in the Union Ballroom from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the GreenLight Kickoff for the 2010 Climate Action Plan. They will be demonstrating this cool gadget in a booth, so please go check it out! If you miss them tomorrow, make sure you check out their gadget at Employee Appreciation Day at Rice Eccles Stadium on September 30, 2010.
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