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>
> > >HA! This begs the question (to all you EE-wannabes), "why is it done

this

> > >way?"
> > >
> > >Hint: it has to do with ∗chemistry∗, not "electronics".

> I can pipe in here. In the past 10 years the Nuclear navy has switched

the

> way they teach this a half dozen times. I learned it as "electron flow"
> (conventional current flow) + to - in my electrician school. Then in
> nuclear power school they said the Navy is going to start teaching "hole
> flow". The idea was - to +. The hole comes from the space left by the
> electron that just "vacated" a "hole". WHATEVER. The idea is there is a
> difference in potential (voltage) and without it there is no current flow
> whether it is + to - or - to+. I love this conversation. In the end it
> usually leaves those with any insecurities in there knowledge sure of only
> one thing - they don't know anymore.

Bzzzzztttt!

Wrong.

Paul S.