SYNOPSIS

There is so much free information on the Internet. It is up to us to make use of it as a tool in the process of Life Long Learning. The talk basically offers samples of some of the fascinating facts that are readily available if you choose to embark on a journey of discovery.

The talk covers the following:
1.   History of the word electricity
2.   War of the Currents between DC/Edison and AC/Tesla
3.   Tesla’s egg of Columbus
4.   What is the smallest number of components needed to make a motor?
5.   Which is more dangerous – AC or DC?
6.   Which is more dangerous
      – a 600V electric eel, a 50kV taser or a 2MV Van de Graaff generator?
7.   What is the current required by to start a car?
8.   Is it possible to start a car using penlight batteries?
9.   Is the car generator an AC or a DC machine? Why?
10. What do you call a DC generator?
11. What is the frequency used in an aeroplane generator?
12. Using the transformer emf equation, quantify the advantage
13. Which is more dangerous – electric shock or arc flash?
14. What is the difference between an ELCB and a RCCB?
      Why ELCBs should not be used?
15. Tesla coil sound machine


Speaker’s Biodata

Ir. Lee Chong Kiow is currently a director of VI Power, which specialises in providing technical training on electrical equipment and performing power system studies. He holds a BSc (Hons) (Electrical & Electronic Engineering – 1974) and an MSc (Power System Engineering –  1977), both from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

He was previously the Engineering Manager of a company manufacturing indoor MV and LV switchgear. Prior to that, he spent more than five years as an Associate Director in a large consultancy practice and another 15 years working as a protection engineer in the former National Electricity Board. He is also a Suruhanjaya Tenaga competent/services engineer up to 275kV.

Over the last 19 years, he has trained more than 6,400 technical staff from utilities, petro-chemical, multi-national and other industrial companies throughout South-East Asia. China, India, Oman, Mauritius & Africa on a variety of power engineering topics.