[TenTec] electron flow vs. current flow

[Michael O. Hyder]

The holes are where an electron isn't.  If electrons flow clockwise in a
circuit then the holes flow counterclockwise.

Regards, Mike N4NT@chartertn.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan" <tacquire@earthlink.net>
Cc: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] electron flow vs. current flow


|
| 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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