[R-390] The "Current Direction" discussion...

[jcoward5452 at aol.com]

I didn't mean to imply that the atoms actually moved. But the "charge" 
can change location. Also, one can imagine that electrons can leave or 
be subtracted (-) from the negative terminal of a battery and added (+) 
to the positive terminal of a battery.And Ohm's Law rules! it's even 
more fun when AC is involved and one adds the imaginary componets to 
the math.It always amazed me that a guy named Smith came up with the 
Smith Chart and a graphical represetation of impedance.
Jay





  A hole is simply "A spot where an electron is not."
If there's a "spot where an electron is not", then we hav a spot where 
an
electron can move to.  Jay's explanation:

"Holes are atoms that are lacking electrons in there outer "ring" thus
the atom has a net + charge.A vacuum does not have a charge.
 Jay"

is partially correct, in that an atom that's missing one outer energy 
band
electron does have a net positive charge, but it's not correct to call 
that atom
a "hole" because in conventional current methodology holes "move", and 
an atom
NEVER moves.