On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 12:06:25 AM UTC-5, Danny D'Amico wrote:
On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:03:04 -0600, Nightcrawler® wrote:



Are your references from Australia?



Nope. You saw the references. They were all for standard

power distribution in the United States.



For example, this reference from Smith College, Northampton, MA:

http://www.science.smith.edu/~jcarde...ecPwr_HSW.html





Sigh.... The same "How stuff works" reference is still that one
source, no matter how many times various people use it. And it's wrong.




Says:

"The power company essentially uses the earth as one of

the wires in the power system. The earth is a pretty good

conductor and it is huge, so it makes a good return path

for electrons."



That's from an EE class:

http://www.science.smith.edu/~jcardell/Courses/EGR220/

EGR 220, Spring 2013, Engineering Circuit Theory



Taught by Judith Cardell, who researches this stuff:

http://www.science.smith.edu/~jcardell/



All I see at that link is a course outline, nothing that addresses
the earth return issue.




So, why do you constantly disparage my comments when I can

easily prove that exactly what I have said all along is being

taught to electrical engineers in college-level courses?



When you have a link that shows that, I'll be happy to look at it.