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minus-squareMeThisGuy@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoand electrons in a DC wire don’t travel, but push? and in AC they go both ways? I dunno electro physics was never my strong suit…
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI think they do move, but it’s slower than you might think. The voltage / EMF / potential travels super fast on the same order of magnitude as the speed of light, but the net motion of the electrons in a DC current flow slower than WE can move.
and electrons in a DC wire don’t travel, but push?
and in AC they go both ways?
I dunno electro physics was never my strong suit…
I think they do move, but it’s slower than you might think. The voltage / EMF / potential travels super fast on the same order of magnitude as the speed of light, but the net motion of the electrons in a DC current flow slower than WE can move.