I donno if my question will make sense but still cant contain my curiosity to ask... I came across this on net and am unable to understand the physical significance of the following:
Consider a 230VAC wave having a Frequency 50Hz... Speed of Wave (since it is an electromagnetic wave) is c... Therefore, wavelength of Voltage wave is SoL/Freq = 6000 Km...
Now wavelength is the distance between two peaks or troughs... right...?? So the first Peak occurs at 1500 Kms... Zero crossing will occur at 3000 Kms.... First trough will occur at 4500Kms and the last Zero Crossing will occur at 6000 Kms...
Now what does this physically mean.... Suppose the source of power - an alternator, for instance - is at a location A.... A Load is at a distance of say 200 meters.... So does it mean that in its journey from the alternator to the load, the voltage would never peak at all (because we saw that the first peak would arrive at a distance of 1500 Kms...!!!)..
I know I am getting it all wrong but would request posters to pls help me understand it...
Thanks
Consider a 230VAC wave having a Frequency 50Hz... Speed of Wave (since it is an electromagnetic wave) is c... Therefore, wavelength of Voltage wave is SoL/Freq = 6000 Km...
Now wavelength is the distance between two peaks or troughs... right...?? So the first Peak occurs at 1500 Kms... Zero crossing will occur at 3000 Kms.... First trough will occur at 4500Kms and the last Zero Crossing will occur at 6000 Kms...
Now what does this physically mean.... Suppose the source of power - an alternator, for instance - is at a location A.... A Load is at a distance of say 200 meters.... So does it mean that in its journey from the alternator to the load, the voltage would never peak at all (because we saw that the first peak would arrive at a distance of 1500 Kms...!!!)..
I know I am getting it all wrong but would request posters to pls help me understand it...
Thanks