[Amps] "Conventional" current flow and Physics 101

Bill Turner dezrat at outlook.com
Wed Nov 2 15:24:10 EDT 2016


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>Some of the drawings in those days showed current flowing out of the
>negative terminal of a battery through a resistor and into the positive
>terminal. That's true for electrons, but not for the electric current! 
>
>73,
>Jim W8ZR

REPLY:

It's a good thing 'ol Ben Franklin wasn't a hydrologist or we would
have rivers flowing uphill!  Of course the water molecules would be
flowing downhill, but hey, we're talking CURRENT here.   :-)

73, Bill W6WRT


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