Talk:Speed of electricity

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[edit] Wave carries power as well as data?

The article states that the waves, not the electrons carry the data. Does this also apply to power? Calamarain 12:33, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

this doesn't make any sense to me. it's either not explained very well, or it's wrong. it sounds like whoever wrote this is trying to say that electricity is actually the movement of an electromagnetic wave. but i don't think that's true. electricity is like a tightly packed line of electrons. start pushing them forward at one end, and the ones at the other end get pushed forward almost instantly. so information is passed all the way to the end of the line, even though the electrons have only moved a very short distance. it's like the ball pendulum "newton's cradle" that people keep on their desk at work. the resulting electromagnetic wave is only a byproduct. although it is used (in transformers and antennas for example), it isn't the actual vehicle in the transmission of electricity. that's the way i understand it anyway. oh, and in the case of DC, it wouldn't be waves at all. the waves occur because of the oscillation of alternating current. without that oscillation there would only be one crest as the voltage rises to it's peak, then a continuous field, not a wave, and then one last crest as the voltage falls to zero. Thinkdunson (talk) 10:51, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Needed?

Could this not be merged into electricity? This is a single point article (ie: Electric moves at the speed of light but electrons drift velocity is very small) so its ot likly to be expanded. CaptinJohn (talk) 10:01, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

This is covered in Electricity. Im going to nominate for merger/deletion unless anyone thinks otherwise?

CaptinJohn (talk) 09:58, 21 November 2007 (UTC)