On 3/20/2011 7:25 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
What is the best type of electrical question to make
an electrician cry?

"If 20 amps of power in a 12 gage wire moves at
186,300 miles per second, how fast would it move
if you squeezed the same power into 14 gage wire?
After all a smaller garden hose, the water moves
faster."


If you try to suck 20 amps of electricity through a 14 gauge
wire, many of the electrons crash and burn when they hit the
walls of the wire which is why too small a wire for the current
requirements gets hot and the voltage drops because of all the
upset electrons seeing their brothers die when they wreck. A
lot fewer electrons will come out the other end of the wire.
If you try to pull too much current through a really small wire,
all of the electrons crashing into the walls of the wire can get
it so hot that it will actually melt and burn in two. You're
left with a lot of electrons looking for revenge which is why
more electrocutions happen to people who abuse wiring and the
cute little electrons who just want to go to work. Be kind to
your wiring and the electrons traveling through it. ^_^

TDD