What is the current in this case really referring to? Could the holes be the
neutrons? I have read that the positive side is abundant in protons.
Bob & Linda McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> Yep, this is kind of like a vacuum cleaner. According to Webster, a
> vacuum is "a space with nothing in it at all". Therefore, how can a
> cleaner clean a space with nothing in it?
>
> So electrons go from negative to positive and current goes from positive
> to negative. What happens to the neutrons?
>
> 73
> Bob K4TAX
>
> Dan Cox wrote:
> >
> > hehe, it's really amazing that the myth ever got started. Supposedly it was
> > easier around the turn of the century to explain electricity if you
> > explained it in the reverse of how it actually works.. Imagine these
> > people's confusion when they started learning about vacuum tubes for
> > instance! The logic just DOES NOT work!!
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sherrill WATKINS" <SEWATKINS@dgs.state.va.us>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 10:47 AM
> > Subject: [TenTec] electron flow vs. current flow
> >
> > >
> > > A friend of mine, who is a cathodic protection engineer, states that in
> > the cathodic (corrosion) protection business, he installs sacrificial
> > anodes on buried gas piplines to protect against corrosion. He also states
> > that current flows from the positive to the negative pole but electrons
> > flow from the negative to the positive pole! - Sherrill k4own
> > >
> > >
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