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ELECTRIC CURRENT IS A FLOW OF ENERGY? Wrong.
Electric current is not a flow of energy; it's a flow of charge. Charge and energy are two very different things. To separate them in your mind, see this list of differences.An electric current is a flowing motion of charged particles, and the particles do not carry energy along with them as they move. A current is defined as a flow of charge by I=Q/T; amperes are coulombs of charge flowing per unit time. The term "Electric Current" means the same thing as "charge flow." Electric current is a very slow flow of charges, while energy flows fast. Also, during AC alternating current the charges move slightly back and forth while the energy moves rapidly forward.
Electric energy is quite different than charge. The energy traveling across an electric current is made up of waves in electromagnetic fields and it moves VERY rapidly. Electric energy moves at a completely different speed than electric current, and obviously they are two different things flowing in wires at the same time. Unless we realize that two different things are flowing, we won't understand how circuits work. Indeed, if we believe in a single flowing "electricity," we will have little grasp of basic electrical science.
In an electric circuit, the path of the electric charges is circular, while the path of the energy is not. A battery can send electric energy to a light bulb, and the bulb changes electrical energy into light. The energy does not flow back to the battery again. At the same time, the electric current is different; it is a very slow circular flow, and the electric charges flow through the light bulb filament and all of them flow back out again. They return to the battery.
Electric energy can even flow in a direction opposite to that of the electric current. In a single wire, electric energy can move continuously forward while the direction of the electric current is slowly backwards. In AC circuits the energy flows continuously forward while the charges are alternating back and forth at high frequency. The charges wiggle, while the energy flows forward; electric current is not energy flow.
http://amasci.com/miscon/eleca.html#cflowhttp://amasci.com/miscon/whatis.html
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The speed at which energy or signals travel down a cable is actually the speed of the electromagnetic wave, not the movement of electrons. Electromagnetic wave propagation is fast and depends on the dielectric constant of the material. In a vacuum the wave travels at the speed of light and almost that fast in air.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_electricity>>>>>>>>>
Up until 2010 I thought I had a pretty good understanding of electricity.
And then I read a thread on Audiogon asking about cable directionality.
Things have not been the same since.
I would really appreciate the views of those with degrees in Physics and or an EE degree.The Audiogon thread.
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1274104190&openusid&zzMy first reaction to Herman's posts was what planet is this guy from.
I searched Google for other Physics links to prove Herman wrong. All I found was more of the same....>>>>
Here is a thread I posted on recently on Audio Circle.
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=122264.0Jim
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Topic - Your thoughts please. - jea48 08:49:25 02/21/14 (69)
- Further thoughts on wire directionality - geoffkait 02:58:15 02/28/14 (2)
- RE: Further thoughts on wire directionality - jea48 08:36:57 02/28/14 (1)
- RE: Further thoughts on wire directionality - unclestu 13:02:07 02/28/14 (0)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - rick_m 13:50:31 02/21/14 (18)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - jea48 08:14:02 02/22/14 (17)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - rick_m 20:13:31 02/22/14 (16)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - jea48 12:19:09 02/23/14 (0)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - jea48 12:18:42 02/23/14 (0)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - jea48 12:18:13 02/23/14 (0)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - zako 08:40:30 02/23/14 (12)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - geoffkait 05:38:36 02/25/14 (11)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - jea48 09:30:42 02/25/14 (10)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - tomservo 10:33:21 03/07/14 (6)
- RE: Your theory doesn't hold water. - jea48 06:55:51 03/09/14 (5)
- RE: Your theory doesn't hold water. - tomservo 05:52:23 03/10/14 (4)
- RE: Your theory doesn't hold water. - jea48 15:55:20 03/11/14 (3)
- RE: Your theory doesn't hold water. - tomservo 10:40:45 03/13/14 (2)
- RE: Your theory doesn't hold water. - jea48 22:23:21 03/15/14 (1)
- RE: Your theory doesn't hold water. - Tony Lauck 08:44:10 03/16/14 (0)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - geoffkait 10:41:53 02/25/14 (2)
- Please! Agree? Disagree? And Why? - jea48 11:14:09 02/25/14 (1)
- RE: "Get off the fence." Huh? - geoffkait 11:32:31 02/25/14 (0)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - geoffkait 12:42:58 02/21/14 (46)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - jea48 08:00:55 02/22/14 (45)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - b.l.zeebub 13:55:27 02/28/14 (1)
- Thank you. - jea48 22:44:38 02/28/14 (0)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - geoffkait 12:37:43 02/22/14 (42)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - jea48 14:56:37 02/22/14 (41)
- Correctomundo - unclestu 16:14:29 02/23/14 (1)
- RE: Correctomundo - jea48 17:15:14 02/23/14 (0)
- RE: Your thoughts please. - geoffkait 14:27:11 02/23/14 (38)
- You deleted your response to my post below. - jea48 18:02:09 02/23/14 (36)
- All metals - unclestu 21:38:26 02/24/14 (0)
- Pop Quiz - Is stranded cable directional? - geoffkait 15:26:03 02/24/14 (32)
- RE: Pop Quiz - Is stranded cable directional? - jea48 09:09:16 02/25/14 (31)
- RE: Pop Quiz - Is stranded cable directional? - rick_m 08:24:55 02/26/14 (2)
- RE: Pop Quiz - Is stranded cable directional? - jea48 08:52:57 02/26/14 (1)
- RE: Pop Quiz - Is stranded cable directional? - rick_m 10:14:26 02/26/14 (0)
- RE: Pop Quiz - Is stranded cable directional? - Tony Lauck 12:23:43 02/25/14 (0)
- RE: Pop Quiz - Is stranded cable directional? - geoffkait 10:51:19 02/25/14 (26)
- RE: Pop Quiz - Is stranded cable directional? - jea48 11:28:22 02/25/14 (25)
- RE Is stranded cable directional? - unclestu 17:09:25 02/27/14 (23)
- RE: RE Is stranded cable directional? - b.l.zeebub 13:01:18 02/28/14 (22)
- Questions? - unclestu 14:44:10 02/28/14 (20)
- RE: Questions? - b.l.zeebub 15:04:19 02/28/14 (19)
- RE: Questions? - jea48 22:50:28 02/28/14 (4)
- RE: Questions? - b.l.zeebub 04:44:01 03/01/14 (3)
- Strawman alert! - geoffkait 07:26:10 03/01/14 (2)
- RE: Strawman alert! - Tony Lauck 09:58:02 03/01/14 (1)
- RE: Strawman alert! - geoffkait 11:26:43 03/01/14 (0)
- RE: Questions? - rick_m 17:06:56 02/28/14 (13)
- RE: Questions? - Tony Lauck 09:19:26 03/01/14 (1)
- RE: Questions? - rick_m 13:22:51 03/01/14 (0)
- RE: Subtlety - geoffkait 17:16:09 02/28/14 (10)
- RE: Subtlety - rick_m 17:26:55 02/28/14 (9)
- RE: "Have you tried to sort it out at all?" - geoffkait 17:51:38 02/28/14 (8)
- RE: "Have you tried to sort it out at all?" - rick_m 15:49:46 03/01/14 (7)
- RE: "Have you tried to sort it out at all?" - geoffkait 17:28:24 03/01/14 (6)
- RE: "Have you tried to sort it out at all?" - rick_m 17:44:48 03/01/14 (5)
- RE: "Have you tried to sort it out at all?" - jea48 19:38:28 03/01/14 (3)
- RE: "Have you tried to sort it out at all?" - rick_m 23:42:41 03/01/14 (2)
- RE: "Have you tried to sort it out at all?" - jea48 07:04:07 03/02/14 (1)
- RE: "Have you tried to sort it out at all?" - rick_m 08:06:28 03/02/14 (0)
- RE: "Have you tried to sort it out at all?" - geoffkait 18:01:47 03/01/14 (0)
- RE: RE Is stranded cable directional? - geoffkait 13:47:35 02/28/14 (0)
- RE: Pop Quiz - Is stranded cable directional? - geoffkait 11:48:27 02/25/14 (0)
- RE: It enforces the reason why solid core is directional." - geoffkait 14:21:21 02/24/14 (0)
- Now you see why I deleted it. I changed my mind. Carry on. Nt - geoffkait 18:05:00 02/23/14 (0)
- Trick question? - jea48 16:53:03 02/23/14 (0)