"Kitchen Man" wrote in message
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On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 12:21:01 -0500, "operator jay"
wrote:


Put an ammeter there and it says zero. That's zero. Electrons bouncing
around in the conductor have an average net displacement, over time, of
0.

"Put and ammeter there" and if it says +300mA to +800mA back and
forth, then it's Alternating Current, innit?


It is not changing polarity. I would hesitate to call it alternating
current. On the "dc sine wave" issue, I wouldn't even get into that debate.
To me the terms involved are open to too many interpretations. As evidenced
in this thread, I suppose.

j