Re: Re[2]: Household NEUTRAL is not really a return path

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Original poster: "Daniel McCauley" <dhmccauley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

No, they aren't the same - at least not in the context of my particular
statement - and you'll see why soon enough.

Look at this example.  Assume a 500kHz signal source, a high frequency
signal that could represent
ground current from a tesla coil discharge.

http://www.carranzafield.com/ground.pdf

Now show me what path of return ground current will take.  For the example,
i didn't draw a load (too lazy) in there, but just assume
there is some arbitrary load in series with that circuit.

Dan


> Hello Daniel,
>
> As far as I know resistance and impedance are the same. They are both
> expressed in Ohm. It's just that impedance is usually used to
> describe dampening of current in AC circuits where as resistance
> describes the current dampening in DC circuits.


>> Well, you need to remember current does NOT flow through the shortest

 >> path, or the past of least

 >> resistance.  It flows through the path of least impedance.