Electricity
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Electricity merit badge | ||
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 1911 | |
Renamed from: | Electrician | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 043 | |
Requirements revision: | 2014 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2013 |
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“ | Electricity is a powerful and fascinating force of nature. As early as 600 BC, observers of the physical world suspected that electricity existed but did not have a name for it. In fact, real progress in unraveling the mystery of electricity has come only within the last 250 years. | ” |
The Electricity merit badge was one of the original 57 merit badges issued by the Boy Scouts of America in 1911.
It replaced the 1910 Electrician "Badge of Merit".
Electricity merit badge requirements | ![]() | ||
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Requirement resources
1. how to rescue a person touching a live wire - CDC's Electrical Fires & Burn Treatment - CDC First Aid For Electrical Accidents
1d. National Lightning Safety Institute Tips - National Weather Service Lightning Safety - FEMA Lightning Safety
2. The electrical home safety inspection checklist from the pamphlet is in the last pages of the Electricity Workbook. Also see the UL Home Safety Inspection
- Free Lesson Videos: Replace an Electrical Switch - Replace an Outlet - Test an Outlet - Test GFCI - Safety
3. Make a simple electromagnet: Best site - Great - Great - Great - Good
4. PBS Animated diagram of Direct Current vs. Alternating Current
Alternating Current - Direct Current
5. Battery Diagram - Make a Lemon into a Battery - Animation shows how an electric bell works
6. Why a fuse blows or a circuit breaker trips - another site - How to find a blown fuse or tripped circuit breaker
7. Electrical overloading - Overloaded Circuits - How to avoid overloaded circuits
8. A sample wiring diagram of a bedroom and graph paper to make your own is in the Electricity Worksheet - How to draw a Scale Floor Plan
9a. How to read an electric meter: Animated - another site - another
9b. The BSA Home Energy Audit in the Electricity Workbook finds many ways to save electricity.
- How to conserve energy - another site - another site - U.S. Department of Energy - U.S. Dept of Energy Resources
10. How Stuff Works: Amps, Watts, Volts and Ohms - more terms - glossary of electrical terms - another great glossary
11b. Make and run a simple electric motor (not from a kit): Best - Great - Good - Boys Life - 4H Book
11c. How to build a simple rheostat - another site
11d. Build a single-pole, double-throw switch
11e. How a model electric train works
Related awards
Science-related awards
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History
Electricity was one of the original Merit Badges, called "Electrician Badge of Merit" in the 1910 BSA Handbook. In 1911 the original 14 "Badges of Merit" changed names (one was dropped, 13 moved on with new names), and became "Merit Badges" with Electrician becoming the Electricity Merit Badge.
See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
- eMeritBadges.org
- WWW Virtual Library: Electrical Engineering
- GSSTechEd.com - Free Online Software: Fundamentals of Electronics