How accurate are the 6 volumes? I do not want to have to buy a bunch of manuals so that I learn the principles of electricity and how to fiddle with and (hopefully later) build my own electronics. So far I have not noticed anything that stands out as being wrong, but then again I do not know much so.. I am a little over halfgway through the first chapter in the DC electricity volume so far. I am just wondering, as you all know you cannot trsut every source you read from, and in my opinion, especially if it is free. I am not discrediting this site or the material on it just because it is free, but I do not want to start off learning incorrect information and have to relearn things later (because that will be much harder than learning it the first time)

One thing that confused me, although I have seen this elsewhere is that the negative side is the side that actually has the abundance of electrons, and the DC volume said that it just stays that way because it has been accepted for so long, but I have read in other places that that is actually correct, because electrons have a negative charge and so having a bunch of them would make that side negative. Also, the DC volume seemed to talk like electrons were what electricity was, and I have seen elsewhere that when the electrons are moving they are actually being moved away form the protons and revealing the proton's positive charge and therein that is electricity.

 

It is safe to assume that the information they contain is quite accurate.

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How accurate are the 6 volumes?.

i believe they were written to the best of the writer's knowledge and have been corrected for typos over the years, yet they are a work in progress.

I am just wondering, as you all know you cannot trsut every source you read from, and in my opinion, especially if it is free.

i m not asking you to trust any, but can u cite one reference for such inference?

One thing that confused me, although I have seen this elsewhere is that the negative side is the side that actually has the abundance of electrons, and the DC volume said that it just stays that way because it has been accepted for so long, but I have read in other places that that is actually correct, because electrons have a negative charge and so having a bunch of them would make that side negative. .

can u convert charge of electrons independently(not with capacitance) in terms of voltage(potential)?
the statement is quite correct if u know how a electric cell is made u would know about SHM the lower one can be called a negative side and the higher one can be called a positive IIRC .Its the difference between them that gives the total voltage. even in SHM the reference is not exactly at zero potential it was decided to be chosen as standard zero potential.
there is nothing like absolute zero potential and hence nothing like negative voltage too, zero voltage(as we know) was decided on to ac as standard reference.

Also, the DC volume seemed to talk like electrons were what electricity was, and I have seen elsewhere that when the electrons are moving they are actually being moved away form the protons and revealing the proton's positive charge and therein that is electricity.

electricity is the flow of charges.
for solid conductors since the protons are quite large their motion is negligible & does not contribute much to current flow. it is the electrons which constitute of the current flow.
for electrolytic solutions both anions and cations flow constitute flow of current.

does that help?

 

no not really. I do not really know what you are talking about.. haha

 

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