I don't understand how this works. I have a 12 gauge wire hooked up to a battery and a switch. The wire being 1 feet long and its end is hooked up to 12V light bulb. I flipped the switch and the light bulb pretty much turns on instantly.
Now I imagine the wire stretching around the earth and its ends at the light bulb is 1 foot away from the battery. I flip the switch on, would the light bulb come on? If yes, how long would it take?
If you say no, imagine the wire is a foot in diameter or whatever it takes, would the light bulb turn on and if yes how long would it take? And if the light bulb was on the other side, the opposite end of the globe, the furthest distance from the source, would the light bulb turn on at different time frame in all of the above scienario or?
The main plot here being, the length of the wire and the distance of the load in relation to the source.
Now I imagine the wire stretching around the earth and its ends at the light bulb is 1 foot away from the battery. I flip the switch on, would the light bulb come on? If yes, how long would it take?
If you say no, imagine the wire is a foot in diameter or whatever it takes, would the light bulb turn on and if yes how long would it take? And if the light bulb was on the other side, the opposite end of the globe, the furthest distance from the source, would the light bulb turn on at different time frame in all of the above scienario or?
The main plot here being, the length of the wire and the distance of the load in relation to the source.