No current flow on a balanced neutral?

[LarryFine]

I'll bet you 20 bucks the earth doesn't end :smile:

You mean it's round?

 

[roger]

You mean it's round?

Was that for post count?


Roger

 

[billsnuff]

You mean it's round?

everybody knows it's flat :roll:

http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm

 

[rattus]

everybody knows it's flat :roll:

http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm

It is round and flat--like a pancake. The north and south magnetic poles attract each other which flattens the earth.

 

[ronaldrc]

Rattus

Do you mean it is but its not?

 

[LarryFine]

It is round and flat--like a pancake. The north and south magnetic poles attract each other which flattens the earth.

So just how far apart are the poles?

 

[rattus]

Rattus

Do you mean it is but its not?

It is both.

 

[ronaldrc]

Does it spin clockwise or counter?

 

[LarryFine]

Does it spin clockwise or counter?

Depends; you lookin' up or down?

 

[ronaldrc]

But is there a up or down?

 

[LarryFine]

But is there a up or down?

Depends . . .

 

[K8MHZ]

So just how far apart are the poles?

It seems the distance changes over the years and actually reverses from time to time. We are long overdue for a pole reversal much to the chagrin of those depending on GPS technology for a reference standard of their particular devices.

In all of time, the only reliable instruments so far has been the sextant and an accurate timepiece to reliably figure out one's position on the earth regardless of the position of the earth's magnetic field.

 

[LarryFine]

It seems the distance changes over the years and actually reverses from time to time. We are long overdue for a pole reversal much to the chagrin of those depending on GPS technology for a reference standard of their particular devices.

You do understand it's an extremely slow process, don't you? It's not like we'll wake up one morning and the poles will simply be opposite what they are now.

And GPS has nothing to do with magnetism. It's based strictly on triangulation.

 

[Besoeker]

You mean it's round?

Geoidal, actually.

:grin:

 

[glene77is]

having two equal and opposite current flows at exactly the same time.

-Jon

Guys,

You can't have "Equal and Opposite Current" flowing at the same time!

The OP is also providing a "Moving Target" type of question.

This is a fun session, and possibly educating.
The moderator had a good handle on it.

I'll check back tomorrow and see where this creek meanders.

 

[winnie]

As I said, my post was only distantly related to the OP (yes, meandering!)

But if you have two beams of protons, crossing so that they are moving in nearly opposite directions through the same patch of space, then IMHO you have an example of 'equal and opposite' currents. The two proton beams are well defined, and are present on both sides of the intersection. In the intersection region, you have 1/2 amp of protons moving to the left, and 1/2 amp of protons moving to the right.

-Jon

 

[weressl]

In reality, there is no current. The mathematical balancing means that the physical event never occurs. All of the current flows through the lines and the loads, none through the neutral.

Another thing to think about. Staying with the 120V arena, the three phase circuit is 208/120V with a solidly grounded neutral. When you connect a three phase motor or a heater, the winding is either wye or delta. In either case you DON'T bring the neutral back because there is no neutral current to deal with. In the case of motors and single three phase equipment the ballance of the three phases IS assured and constant.

 

[weressl]

My feelings exactly Winnie

If the circuit was large enough and with enough voltage drop on the neutral do you think maybe fine steel filings sprinkled around the neutral would show anything?

On an AC circuit?

 

[rattus]

For Ronald

For Ronald

On an AC circuit?

You could lower the frequency, even to DC, in an effort to prove the point. Even if we had equal and opposite currents, the magnetic fields would cancel!

Ronald, look at it this way. The neutral always has some resistance however small. Currents in both directions would violate Ohm's Law.

The concept of opposing currents in a common conductor is simply a method used in writing loop equations. Nothing else.

 

[david edwards]

david flash

david flash

harmonic transformer n ballanced