Where is the conventional theory of electricity used?

In general, high school Physics and two year technician programs use Electron Flow. But three year technologist and university engineering programs use Conventional Current.

What is the difference between conventional current and electric current?

The main difference between the conventional current and electric current is the direction of flow of charges changes. In conventional current it is from positive to negative terminal whereas it is negative to positive terminal in electric current.

What is the difference between conventional circuit direction and the direction current actually moves in?

The conventional current is defined as charge per unit time transported in a certain direction. The current direction is the direction of positive charge movement.

What is conventional direction?

By convention, we define positive direction of current to be in the direction a positive charge would move. Electrons (with their negative charge) move in the opposite direction of the positive current arrow.

What is wrong with conventional current?

Conventional Current assumes that current flows out of the positive terminal, through the circuit and into the negative terminal of the source. This was the convention chosen during the discovery of electricity. They were wrong ! Electron Flow is what actually happens and electrons flow out of the negative terminal, through the circuit and into the positive terminal of the source.

What is meant by conventional current?

conventional current. [kən′ven·chən·əl ′kər·ənt] (electricity) The concept of current as the transfer of positive charge, so that its direction of flow is opposite to that of electrons which are negatively charged.

Which way does current really flow?

Conventional current flows from the positive pole (terminal) to the negative pole. Electrons flow from negative to positive. In a direct current (DC) circuit, current flows in one direction only, and one pole is always negative and the other pole is always positive.

What is the difference between conventional current and electron flow?

• Electric current can be either negative or positive, but conventional current is always positive. • The conventional current for an electron flow is positive, whereas the electrical current is negative. • For a flow of positive charges, both the electric current and the conventional current are the same.