St. Louis Area Boys Scouts Attend Merit Badge Skill Center at Ameren			October 5, 2009
The Boy Scouts of America – Greater St. Louis Area Council recently held an Electricity Merit Badge Skill Center at Ameren’s headquarters in St. Louis, helping 50 scouts earn their electricity merit badge. The event, sponsored by AmerenUE’s Business and Community Relations Department, covered topics and hands-on activities on meter reading, electric current explanations, magnetism and safety. The Skill Center was administered by approximately 20 adult volunteers, including active and retired Ameren employees, with some who initially began the Skill Center 40 years ago. Learn more about AmerenUE’s Business and Community Relations. For more information on the Merit Badge Skill Center, visit www.stlbsa.org.
Engineers Bart Angeli and Ed Bradley describe the types of wires and insulators used on the Ameren system.
Bradley points out a simple series circuit.
Angeli illustrates AC and DC voltage measurement.