Wow now we are going deeply
over my head. [Linked Image]

There really is no plus or
minus in AC it swaps back and
forth.

The best way it has been explained
to me is this.

Imagine a tube (the conductor) filled
with a single row of ping pong balls
(the electrons), this tube could span
the entire country but as soon as you
push a new ball in one end, a ball pops
out the other end, now reverse this 60
times a second and you might have a picture
in your mind of what is going on.

One single electron may not really move
much it just pushes the one beside it.

But like I said, getting this deep is
really beyond me, you should wait for
some more responses before committing the
ping pong balls to memory. [Linked Image]

Bob


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Bob Badger
Construction & Maintenance Electrician
Massachusetts