SHORT CIRCUIT.

Geo-TH,In · Oct 6, 2013

I had made changes to riding mower seat. When I put my big butt on seat and turned the key on, the seat shorted against the postive post sending sparks out. I turned battery around, battery is under seat. Went to start mower, nothing, blown fuse. In my mind I thought no way could this have blown fuse, but it did. Goes to prove electrons exit battery from negative post and finds it way back to the postive post any way possible.
George

Chip812 · Oct 6, 2013

Hmmmm.... I've always thought that the electrons flow from positive to negative... :?:

EDIT: Well... I've been wrong for 53 years... Electrons are repelled by the Negative and attracted to the Positive... So, they flow from the Negative side of the battery to the Positive side... So cool to be learning new stuff every day...

EDIT (again): Well, I wasn't wrong for 53 years... I was thinking of 'current'... Was using the wrong word...

Geo-TH,In · Oct 6, 2013

Inside the battery, electrons do flow from positive to negative. Outside the battery electrons flow from negative to positive.

When I was a student, the chemistry teacher said electons flow from + to -(inside the battery). Physics teacher said electrons flow from - to +, outside the battery. I had to remember which class I was in.

Now want to be confused, Current flows from positive to negative outside the battery.

George

John B. · Oct 6, 2013

Yes Current Flow is the opposite of Electron Flow. Current is the empty spot where an Electron once was.

old-9 · Oct 6, 2013

Either way still blew the fuse, like it was supposed to.

FBH44 · Oct 7, 2013

Ah, but it's a CIRCUIT. It flows in a circle, all the way around. I don't think it really matters which way it is + or -.

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