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  1. slimer3k

    Circulating Current

    You've all been very helpful. Thank you.
  2. slimer3k

    Circulating Current

    Thanks m3ntosan, I'll be having a think about your post! By the way, if you were off to watch the world cup final you will have a long wait, it's tomorrow.... Skogsgurra, are you really saying that as an engineer, if I do not understand something, I should not try and understand it? That is...
  3. slimer3k

    Circulating Current

    What is going on here? I've asked a question, and most of the poeple posting seem to be getting all jumped up and annoyed that I asked this question! Thanks to the posters who posted with constructive posts which were very helpful (ijl,jghrist, marks1080). What was the point of the comments...
  4. slimer3k

    Circulating Current

    Thanks for all the replies, they are all useful, even if they do not agree! I am a graduate Electrical Engineer working for a large UK Distribution network, which is why I'm trying to connect what I learned at university to what I'm told at work. Below is what I think, please correct me if I'm...
  5. slimer3k

    Circulating Current

    Thanks for the reply, I should of said 50 cycles a second, which of course means 100 changes of direction a second... I understand why a current would flow, and understand that in a DC system, but in AC system, if the electrons are oscillating back and forward past a fixed pint in the cable...
  6. slimer3k

    Circulating Current

    Hello, I'm having a problem understanding 'circulating current' in power systems. When two substations are conected through a switch, there may be a voltage difference between the sites. When the switch is closed, creating a parallel, it is said that current flows between the sub stations...
  7. slimer3k

    Prismatic/Solid Light guides

    Hello all, I'm new to this very interesting forum. I apologise if this has been answered elsewhere, I have tried searching but all the answers I find are confined to solid light guides. I would am in the process of designing a light guide to illuminate a large area. The light guide needs to...

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