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Requirements January 1975 until September 1987

1. Show electrical attraction and repulsion.  Make and use a simple electromagnet.

2. Explain the difference between a direct and an alternating current.  Tell the common uses of each.  Show one way of finding which is in an electric line.

3. Show in a simple drawing you have made how a battery cell and an electric bell work.

4. Explain why a fuse blows out.  Tell how to find a blown fuse in your home.  Show how to change it safely.

5. Explain what overloading an electric circuit means.  Tell what you have done to make sure your home circuits aren't overloaded.

6. Join two pieces of insulated wire the right way; or fix a bad wire on an appliance or to a plug.

7. Show how to save a person touching a live wire in the home.  Show first aid if he is unconscious from electrical shock.

8.  Show on a floor plan of a room in your home the lights, switches, and outlets.  Show which fuse protects each.

9. Read an electric meter.  Figure an electric bill from meter readings.

10. Explain 10 electrical terms such as volt, amperes, watt, ohm, resistance, etc.

11. Do any TWO of the following:

(a) Connect a buzzer, bell, or light with a battery.  Have a key or switch in the line.

(b) Make and run a simple electric motor (not from a kit).

(c) Build a simple rheostat.  Show that it works.

(d) Build a single-pole double-throw switch.  Show that it works.

(e) Hook a model electric train layout to a house circuit.  Tell how it works.