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A Beginner's View of Our Electric Universe - New

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Getting back to electric currents and magnetic fields, we can see that a fundamental association exists. This is<br />

where electric currents can produce magnetic fields and magnetic fields can produce electric currents. These two<br />

things are inextricably linked; in fact, one extremely important aspect <strong>of</strong> this should be noted and remembered:<br />

this is that magnetic fields can only be formed by the flow <strong>of</strong> current within a conductor, or in other words,<br />

electric current flow is essential for magnetic fields to exist.<br />

We can now take another step forward by considering more about<br />

the movement <strong>of</strong> a conductor through a magnetic field, or in opposite<br />

relative terms, a magnetic field passing ‘through’ (across) a conductor.<br />

In a DC generator, any current made to flow will be in one direction<br />

only, and that current will exist for the same time that the relative<br />

movement between the conductor and the magnetic field is maintained.<br />

This is how electric generators work, where coils <strong>of</strong> copper wire are<br />

spun at high speed within a magnetic field (the spinning coil possibly<br />

being driven by the flow <strong>of</strong> water, wind or steam in a turbine, or by a<br />

diesel engine).<br />

It is through a very similar process in our national power stations that<br />

AC power is generated by the rotation <strong>of</strong> a particular configuration<br />

<strong>of</strong> copper coils in magnetic fields. The resulting alternating voltage<br />

produces the alternating current that flows to the outside world by<br />

way <strong>of</strong> the grid distribution network and a series <strong>of</strong> high to low voltage transformers that eventually ends<br />

up with the AC mains power we use in our homes. This is the fundamental process by which we receive the<br />

domestic electricity supply upon which we depend.<br />

Magnetic fields are intrinsic to our explanation <strong>of</strong> an <strong>Electric</strong> <strong>Universe</strong>, where currents flow through regions<br />

and filaments <strong>of</strong> space plasma due to the potential differences that exist within and between them. When those<br />

currents are on the scale <strong>of</strong> the gigantic plasma filaments we are now able to observe, magnetic fields <strong>of</strong><br />

exceptional power are formed which surround and further constrict those filaments into the <strong>of</strong>ten twisted forms<br />

we see. Due to the dynamic nature <strong>of</strong> plasma regions and filaments in space, the never-ending interaction <strong>of</strong><br />

their magnetic fields induces further current flow in regions and filaments <strong>of</strong> plasma present within their vast<br />

neighbourhood. This is the basis upon which I will develop my description <strong>of</strong> how electric power is constantly<br />

being generated and brought into play within the environment <strong>of</strong> space.<br />

6 | Some basic theory that will help<br />

Basic DC Generator © author<br />

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Rotating Wire loop<br />

in a Magnetic Field

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