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In alt.tv.tech.hdtv Michael A. Terrell wrote:
| wrote:
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| In alt.tv.tech.hdtv Michael A. Terrell wrote:
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| | Bull****. Like ALL charges, it simply seeks a complete circuit to
| | flow. You have absolutely no grasp of the basic concepts, yet you
| | continue to spout your ignorance and lies.
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| Not true.
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| When you close a switch between a power source and a pair of wires that go
| out yonder, the electrical energy does not "know" whether the circuit is
| complete or not. If it refused to flow, it would not be able to find out.
| It will flow, whether the circuit is complete or not. What happens after
| that depends on what is at the other end, which could be an open condition,
| a short circuit, or some kind of resistive or reactive load.
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| You've claimed to have worked in broadcasting in an engineering role. So
| you should understand what happens at the end of an open transmission line.
| The electricity flows to get to the open end. Yet it is not a "complete
| circuit".
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| Yawn. You are trying your usual lame crap of misdirection.
| Electromotive force and electromagnetic waves are not the same. you
| claim to be an amateur radio operator, so you SHOULD know the
| difference.

1. I *am* an amateur radio operator and I *do* know the difference.

2. Electromotive force is not a factor here, beyond what it might do to cause
physical motion of wires during a surge (not impossible, but not usually
considered).

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