Hey Scott...
Okay, so with my trusty Fluke meter, I've noticed when under load that the grounded conductor has the same current as the hot conductor (120v) and the hot conductor has 120V to ground and the GC has zero volts. If ALL of the current is being returned from a load to a source, and none of the voltage is "returned" on the GC, then is it the voltage creating the power to drive the load and the current the medium upon which it rides? I though it was the other way around... Just where does the force come from if all of the power can be accounted for on the return line? Shouldn't larger power require more voltage rather than more current? It seems to me that if all of the current returns to the source, then the only thing to be lost to resistance would be voltage. Therefore the voltage would be the actual power that gets "used up". Just exactly what fundamental thing am I missing here?
Be easy on me Scott, my "formal" electrical education is next to nothing.
[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 03-02-2001).]
[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 03-02-2001).]
