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Old 19th May 2012 | 17:51
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baobab72
 
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negative grounded

Many thnaks for your reply

if i undertsand that correctly, the flow of electrons goes from the positive post to the bus bar from where it is distributed to the consumers and then to the negative "post" which, grounding the negative post to the airframe, will be the airframe itself, and then? does it go back to the power source? if the consumer is turned on, is the current utilized by the gizmo or does it still need to be negative grounded to allow the flow of electrons through them? what when the item is off - not energized?
and how does that relate to the alternator-generator? Do you still need to ground every item to initiate the flow of electrons regardless the consumer is turned on or off?

one last question: when diodes are used in lieu of slip rings, are they coupled to a capacitor to make up for the time when the polarity reverses itself?

many thanks

Baobab72
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