"Rob" wrote in message
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Ian wrote:
"John" wrote in message
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Its why you should never leave a powerpoint switched on. You end up with
a
heap of electrons on the floor.
And a hole under the neutral hole.

Not if you leave a plug in the socket. That'll stop the electrons.
What about the neutrons, protons and croutons?

Croutons are especially nasty when they end up on the floor...

The commercial power in my neighborhood has an asymmetric waveform. Some of
us have been saving the extra electrons on one-half-cycle. We had a power
outage in October of last year and what we're saving now will be used if we
ever suffer another outage.