Cecil Moore wrote:
Dave Shrader wrote:

Two possibilities exist: 1) Charge is stored in the interwinding
capacitance; or, 2) EM radiation is occurring in the coil i.e. the
winding length is a significant portion of a wavelength!!

What's your Physics say?


Don't know about Tom's physics, but mine says the net current in an
unterminated transmission line can be zero at one point and 100 amps
1/4 WL away. Tom (apparently) thinks that is a violation of the
conservation of charge principle.

Hey Cecil, What's this 'conservation of charge'?

I'm aware of the 'Conservation of Energy', 'Conservation of Momentum',
'conservation of our wetlands', etc.

For your example: Conservation of Energy yields: 1/2*L*I^2 = 1/2*C*V^2
at the high current end and the high voltage end respectively.

My Physics and my brain must be getting old!!