Hi, a post from this site says that in Conventional notations Positive terminals are labelled "surplus" in charge, however in Electron flow the Negative side is the "surplus" charge.
This confuses me greatly since the general belief is that conventional current flows +ve to -ve opposite to Electron flow. I get this, but if the positive(conventional) is actually the negative(electron flow) then they go the same way... don't they?
Now, if current always flows from "surplus" charge then surely the conventional and Electron flows flow the same direction around the circuit but the terminals are labelled opposite.
Please help am i missing something? People say they flow the opposite way around, but surely the terminals are just labelled opposite? This means surely, that the Conventional and Electron flows do not flow in different directions but from differently labelled terminals?
This confuses me greatly since the general belief is that conventional current flows +ve to -ve opposite to Electron flow. I get this, but if the positive(conventional) is actually the negative(electron flow) then they go the same way... don't they?
Now, if current always flows from "surplus" charge then surely the conventional and Electron flows flow the same direction around the circuit but the terminals are labelled opposite.
Please help am i missing something? People say they flow the opposite way around, but surely the terminals are just labelled opposite? This means surely, that the Conventional and Electron flows do not flow in different directions but from differently labelled terminals?