Well I had no idea this information was out there pertaining to this subject.

My original thought and the reason for the question was, If I had a piece of wire just sitting there on a bench we'll say, are the electrons moving around inside the wire?

Now then, if I apply a voltage to that wire, would the electrons dance around, oscillate, vibrate, or what have you? Mind you, we have no complete circuit for the electrons to flow.

And if they did oscillate, this would require energy to do this. Energy in some form would have to be used up in order for the electrons to move. Is this correct?


Dnk....


[This message has been edited by Dnkldorf (edited 01-26-2006).]