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How Electricity Actually Works

In November of last year I posted a Vertasium YT vid titled "The Big Misconception About Electricity".  Well it caused quite a stir and like an arachnid had many legs many of which attempted to draw A'gonrs into the poison fangs!

Well, here is the follow-up to that original vid which caused quite a stir in the "intellectual" community as well.

Vertasium "How Electricity Actually Works".

 

This does have implications for our audio cabling...

Regards,

barts 

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pingstonsmile
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I'm glad I'm retiring. Electrical Engineering degrees. I dug ditches and laid pipe. Water runs down hill. OK, You got a degree in plumbing. Oh and keep your hands out of your mouth. How many engineers does it take to wire a new house?

I got a question. Why 50 or 60 hz and why 220-230, 100vac, 120vac, and why AC and DC? Isn't most solar DC? Maybe Edison was right. Water still runs down hill though.

rodman99999
6,037 posts
 

@pingstonsmile -

       YES: a solar generated current is ALWAYS DC.  That’s why there are INVERTERS.

https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/solar-integration-inverters-and-grid-services-basics#:~:text=What%20are%20Inverters%3F,which%20the%20electrical%20grid%20uses.

                                Isn’t most solar DC?

 

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mapman
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Sounds like some are down on engineers. Maybe find some better ones? I bet they understand electricity as well as free forum members.  Maybe better. 

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roxy54
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Am I imagining it, or does pingstonsmile sound a lot like oldhvymec? 

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raysmtb1
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You’re not imagining it

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