October Will Be “Bug-Out” Month!
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by Thomas (K4SWL) If you read this title, you might think I’m referring to
grabbing some survival gear and escaping civilization—but I’m not. I’m
talking a...
10 hours ago
I just love Minute Physics! Thanks, Bill.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! If electron drift is only .0000000001% of the speed of light then it takes 3.5 + minutes for a charge to transit a one foot long wire? That accounts for my slow signals!
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Ooops! Slip of the calculator! Just under a millisecond. But still much much too slow. Nearly a second for a thousand foot wire.
ReplyDeleteIndividual electrons take a surprisingly long time to move through wire (they are VERY small!)
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What moves rapidly is the ENERGY we are producing!
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