Your friend is correct if he is referring to conventional current. All of
the older texts used this convention. However, if we are talking about
electron flow direction then the direction is from negative to positive.
The U.S. Army electronic training uses the flow of electrons as the
definition of "current". I personally think that it makes sense, but I
didn't write all those older texts!!
73,
Jim WD4AIR
>From: "Sherrill WATKINS" <SEWATKINS@dgs.state.va.us>
>To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>Subject: [TenTec] electron flow vs. current flow
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:47:55 -0400
>
>
>A friend of mine, who is a cathodic protection engineer, states that in the
>cathodic (corrosion) protection business, he installs sacrificial anodes
>on buried gas piplines to protect against corrosion. He also states that
>current flows from the positive to the negative pole but electrons flow
>from the negative to the positive pole! - Sherrill k4own
>
>
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