Uses of Electricity

The importance of electricity can be seen in our daily lives. We find the application of electricity in various spheres of our life, such as;

• Working efficiently at our home.

• Working at our office.

• We use electricity for accessing data from modes like Fiber, LAN at our workplaces.

• Electricity consumption in supplying water at our home, etc.

There are ample uses of electricity, uses of electrical energy, and the applications of electricity in different fields, and this page discusses the uses of electricity for Class 6 in detail.

Uses of Electricity

Electricity has changed our lives and has become vital in almost all aspects of our life today. 

The list of uses will fill many books but here are a few applications of electricity in different fields: 

1. Transport Systems - Trains, buses, trams, and cars all use electricity. 

The use of electricity as motive power, meaning that electricity drives the wheels to make the vehicle move. Even gas and diesel-powered vehicles use electricity to start the engines (self in scooters give a spark to the engine), control the engine, and power the ancillary devices. 

2. Home Heating and lighting devices, television, radio, computer, telephones all depend on electricity. 

3. Wireless lights such as solar-powered lamps convert light to electricity. 

4. For communication and providing power for computers, cell phones, fixed phones, etc.

5. We find the application of electrical energy as the medium for the transmission of signals. 

6. We also find that high-speed optical fibres rely on an electrical signal at each end of the line. Without electricity, communication would reduce to letters, flag-waving, lighting fires, and shouting at each other. 

So, why is electricity important?

None of the electricity-free methods are as flexible and flawless as any that we are used to today. For instance, industry manufacturing relies on electricity to drive virtually every moving part in a factory. 

Materials like saws, cutters, conveyor belts, furnaces, chillers - whatever the process be, electricity are involved in all places. 

7. Entertainment: The MP3 player, the portable battery-powered radio, memory stick are all accepted as core parts of our day-to-day lives; all depend on electricity to operate, whether connected to a mains or a power source like a battery, they all use electricity. The list is by no means exhaustive. 

Uses of Electricity in Our Daily Life

We use electricity in all walks of life, some of the uses of electrical energy that are methods to counteract environmental pollutions are discussed below:

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1. Residential Uses

Various household appliances and objects that use electricity range from basic items to advanced ones. These include small household items, like a coffee maker, dishwasher, and microwave to the big electrical appliances, like air conditioning units, refrigerators, electric heaters, washers, and dryers, etc. In the nutshell, the whole lighting system of your house relies on electricity. 

2. Transportation System

As per the latest information, the global transportation system depends entirely on the use of electrical energy, be it travelling from one place to another or even communicating around the world is only possible due to electricity. Electricity is massively used by the public through electric vehicles (electric scooters, e-rickshaw). 

Electricity is used to charge vehicles’ batteries. Metros work as an alternative to counteract the railway systems reliant on fuel. 

3. Industrial Uses

In today’s era, the industrial sector is a vast electricity consumer. 

Without the use of electricity, it would have been a dream to run factories, industrial units, manufacturing processes, and other diverse ranges of activities. 

It is observed that sudden power shutdowns cause severe financial losses to companies that rely on these factories and industrial units. Recently, a rapid rise has been seen in industrial electricity consumption, and it is expected to increase further over the coming years. 

Thus, several industries are working to establish their power plants, so they don’t have to outsource electricity. This way, they are in a better position to cut their utility bills substantially; however, the percentage for industrial usage of electricity varies from country to country.

4. Commercial Usage

Many commercial buildings like workplaces, hospitals, education centres, restaurants, shopping malls, government properties, police stations, etc use electricity. 

There are a few sub-sectors under the commercial sector that require a limitless supply of electricity, such as hospitals and medical facilities, etc.

Do You Know?

• Total electricity consumption in the US increased three years between 1950 and 2007, with an average annual increase of around 5%. Between the years 2008 and 2018 growth in total U.S. electricity use was nearly flat, with total electricity consumption in 2018 only 2% greater than in 2008.

• As per the latest information, worldwide, a major portion of environmental pollution is caused by the burning of fossil fuels. So vehicles that run on batteries are safer and eco-friendly for our environment. Therefore, the usage of electric vehicles is expected to rise in the coming years.