After much reading, I'm still confused about this:
If electricity "wants" to travel from a point of high potential to low potential, and ground is the lowest potential, then how does a circuit continue to work if you put a ground in it?
To me it seems like electricity would choose to ALWAYS travel toward the ground if given a choice between 1) the ground, and 2) through then load, followed by an opportunity to complete the circuit. Doesn't the first path seem to be the one of least resistance?
Please help me see the light.
If electricity "wants" to travel from a point of high potential to low potential, and ground is the lowest potential, then how does a circuit continue to work if you put a ground in it?
To me it seems like electricity would choose to ALWAYS travel toward the ground if given a choice between 1) the ground, and 2) through then load, followed by an opportunity to complete the circuit. Doesn't the first path seem to be the one of least resistance?
Please help me see the light.