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minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·29 days agoAd on a DC system, the electrons move dozens of times slower than a person walking. They also don’t get anywhere, and power is still delivered.
minus-squaredalekcaan@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·29 days agoIt’s kind of shocking, after a lifetime of assuming electrons whiz through wires at the speed of light, to find out they move so slowly that the speed at which they move is referred to as “electron drift.”
minus-squareDupelet@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoGuess I’m in today’s lucky 10000
Ad on a DC system, the electrons move dozens of times slower than a person walking. They also don’t get anywhere, and power is still delivered.
It’s kind of shocking, after a lifetime of assuming electrons whiz through wires at the speed of light, to find out they move so slowly that the speed at which they move is referred to as “electron drift.”
Guess I’m in today’s lucky 10000