In a DC Circuit does current flow from positive to negative or negative to positive?<\/p>\n
Some of you are now thinking “E4U has lost his mind” others will have snorted and giggled a little. Those of you that giggled know what I am talking about.<\/p>\n
I am an electrician. I have been for 30 years. I started as a helper and worked my way up. In the Navy I was an Interior Communications Electrician. I was an Electrician’s Helper before I joined the Navy. \u00a0The question above is \u00a0about conventional current flow theory vs. electron current flow. \u00a0In the Navy I learned electron theory, the civilian world teaches conventional. \u00a0I know the real answer but at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter.<\/p>\n
The current flow question has been an example of how serving in the Military can forever change a persons way of thinking. \u00a0The truth is that Benjamin Franklin was the first to indicate positive and negative with respect to current flow. He got it backwards. It has been taught old Bens way in most courses except military and some engineering classes. \u00a0But the lights still work so it’s no big deal.<\/p>\n
For the last week or so I have been working. When I say working I mean as an electrician, with my tools. It has been fun. There is not a part of my body that does not hurt but its been worth it. I have slept like a baby every night. \u00a0There is a long explanation as to why I have been doing this but at the end of the day I got to reconnect with my trade is a real way. \u00a0The truth is I enjoy being an electrician. The Navy taught me the theory, something that many people that call themselves electricians don’t understand. \u00a0This week I needed that theory. \u00a0I also needed a bunch of advil to keep up with the young guys.<\/p>\n
I have been out of the Navy a long time, everyday I still do some things the way I learned in the Navy. One of the things the Navy refined for me is logical thinking. That is not to take a shotgun approach but to isolate the real problem and fix it. \u00a0I wish Obama had served.<\/p>\n
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