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Akash Bawankule
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Alternating Current

12/29/2013 8:57 AM

how does the ac current flow through the circuit or wire? explain me with the help of animation
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Re: alternating current

12/29/2013 9:10 AM

http://www.science-animations.com/electricityanimations.html

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Re: alternating current

01/23/2014 6:35 AM

I looked at the animation referenced by JohnDG in post #1. It gets a "good answer" from me.
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12/29/2013 10:00 AM

its magic sort of like electron bumper cars. one electron rear ends the one in front of it and so on until the wire ends
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Re: Alternating Current

12/29/2013 1:10 PM

Similar vein:

Line up a handful of coins on a table, all in one row, touching each other. Now take your finger and flick another coin into the row on one end, you will see that the coin on the other end moves almost as much as the movement you created at your end, but the ones in the middle didn't move much. That represents the flow of electricity in that the coins in the middle dont move much, but the energy is transmitted from one end to the other. The force you exerted on the first coin represents the voltage, the movement at the other end represents current, and the fact that some of the energy you exerted was lost in between to friction, resulting in the coin at the other end not moving as far, represents resistance.

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12/29/2013 12:13 PM

You can also learn about capacitors on the excellent site supplied by JohnDG.
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