Timeline for Displacement current and lamp
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| Apr 21, 2016 at 10:48 | comment | added | jim | I believe the accepted reason is that there is an electric field between the cable and the ground, so when you place the tube between them there is a difference in electrical potential between the ends of the lamp: pylons create electric fields between the cables they carry and the ground | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 10:00 | comment | added | Canberk | I looked at the paper, but I think these lamps light up because these long wires carry AC. The changing current creates changing B field and this produces EMF on these lamps. However, in my case, there is no varying B field, what I mean is there is no inductive EMF. This example looks irrelevant in this context. | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 8:49 | vote | accept | Canberk | ||
| Apr 19, 2016 at 18:44 | history | answered | jim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |