Re: Potentially stupid question about AC

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On 21 Aug 1999 06:20:52 GMT, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

>I guess what I'm asking is why the ground absorbs the
>excess current.  Electrons going out of one of the two
>wires and into the other makes sense because they both
>come from the transformer (which in turn steps down the
>feed from the power station).  But why does the ground
>take the charge?

I'm not sure exactly what you are asking here but as far as I can
tell, and I could be wrong; my memory is real fuzzy about this, the
ground (earth) has a pretty negative charge so it is always quite
happy to take more electrons.

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