Cecil,

Well, I guess it's back to the math books for me. I mistakenly thought
that currents described by cos(kz-wt) and cos(kz).cos(wt) would be
considered "instantaneous" currents. If they're really RMS, well . . .


I am curious about one thing, however. It would seem that all of this
"averaging", "RMS", and "net" is a bit inconsistent with digging into a
distributed network problem, which you insist is the only valid
description. Everything can vary in time and space in a distributed
network. Certainly these consolidating functions are useful for a
general overview, but how can you learn anything about the details of a
complex system by averaging and netting?

73,
Gene
W4SZ

Cecil Moore wrote:


Give us a break, Tom. Of course, we are *NOT* and never have been
talking instantaneous currents. All currents ever discussed concerning
this subject have been RMS currents. That's just your instantaneous
strawman. Long term charge accumulation is averaged over many cycles.
There is simply none of that because the traveling waves are not storing
any net charge inside the coil. How can you get so desperate as to play
such silly games?

My statement obviously meant: One amp of RMS forward current is flowing
into the coil and one amp of RMS forward current is flowing out of the
coil. Average charge is balanced.

Even though the standing wave current is different at each end of the
coil, the average charge into and out of the coil is still balanced.