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Thank you sir that makes sense now. I wasn't accounting for PF.

I've been messing around with a watt meter at work by measuring various plug loads such as the fan I used at my desk. Well i took the voltage and the amperage that was drawn by the fan, which was measured by the watt meter and multiplied them to get a power use which ended up being 42 watts...

thanks to everyone for responding jreaf that was a great explanation.

So what your saying is that if you were to track a single electron within the distribution line it does not actually travel a distance?

Hello all, I currently work for a electric utility and I am trying to delve a little more into the transmission process. I recently was trying to reason through how alternating current works and it makes sensse in to me within a circuit, but I am at a loss for how alternating current behaves...