Posted by buickanddeere on February 18, 2016 at 10:05:10 from (216.183.156.71):
I have asked several times for an explanation of what "potential" is, why it matters and why my animals aren't getting shocked when people are saying they should be. I don't see an answer to any of those questions.[/quote]
It maybe best for the layperson no mess with the stuff and just believe what they are told. And to accept electricity as a mystical black art practiced by only a very few masters of the craft. No secret handshake however.
Potential is the voltage differential between two points that will push current through a path, if a path is provided.
Way out at yonder shed with the floor at true earth potential. With the water trough at 2.5 volts above true earth potential due to a jackleg wiring job flowing neutral current through the ground wiring. Old Bossy when having a drink will close a path across the 2.5V volt potential and flow current with her body as a conductor. Old bossy feels that 2.5V like you feel a 9V battery across the tongue.
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Voltage, electric potential difference, electric pressure or electric tension is the difference in electric potential energy between two points per unit electric charge.
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