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On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:45:43 GMT, "daestrom"
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"Dimitrios Tzortzakakis" wrote in message
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"AllTel - Jim Hubbard" wrote in message
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I am curious about what would happen to an electrical current in 2
situations.....

Assume that you have 2 wires that, when joined, complete a closed
electrical
DC circuit with electrons flowing thusly.....

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If you flattened out the end of each wire where they connect , would
the
resulting electron paths be more like figure A or Figure B?


neither ... research "skin effect"

Most of the times this just aplies to AC (high frequency) circuits
Or of line-to-line voltage equal or above 220 kV.Therefore transmission
lines of 400 kV are always designed with a double conductor, thus to
reduce
the corona discharge due to skin effect.

Oh boy, you have a 'couple of crossed wires' there.

"Skin effect" is the phenomenon where electric current flow is forced out
from the center of a conductor due to the self-inductance in the conductor
when carrying AC current. The higher the frequency, the more pronounced
the
current shift to the exterior. It's mostly a problem with high current
situations, even if the voltages are so low that corona discharge is not a
problem.

It becomes more prevalent as frequency goes up, not current.


High currents do not increase skin effect, that is true. But the variation
in conductor admittance *caused* by skin effect is a larger problem with
high current conductors than it is with low current applications.


"Corona discharge" is *NOT* caused by AC or skin effect. Corona discharge
is caused by a high voltage gradient in the space around a conductor.
This
is a combination of the voltage applied to the conductor and the effective
radius of the conductor. A high voltage, or very small effective radius
can
increase the gradient to the point where the air is ionized. Simple proof
is that corona discharge is a problem with high DC voltage systems as well
as AC.

Sometimes hollow tubes are used for high frequency power conductors. This
reduces the weight and cost by eliminating the central part of the
conductor, where 'skin effect' has rendered the impedence high anyway. So
little admittance is lost for a great savings in material/weight.

VERY high frequency. NOT AC line frequencies.

Not so. I could show you several switchyards within a short drive that use
many hollow tube conductors all over the yard.

daestrom