Talk:Electrical polarity

Electrical polarity is not the same thing as Electric charge so I am not happy with this redirect and I intend to create an article. Biscuittin (talk) 20:39, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. Biscuittin (talk) 20:55, 25 May 2009 (UTC


 * I'm not too happy about this article either; it's too simple. If the polarity of a AC circuit continually alternates, then why does it matter whether you connect the white wire to the neutral pole or the hot pole when you wire up an electrical outlet? There needs to be some discussion of this effect. Rwflammang (talk) 00:10, 26 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I came to this article for a practical reason (I'm planning to take electrical devices to Italy) and I find it no help. If the 'added note' is accurate, it looks as though the statement that precedes it is not 'not quite true': it's actually untrue. I was hoping to understand how Italian sockets can apparently allow a plug to be inserted in two ways without reference to the intended polarity of the device, but I'm none the wiser. Dayvey (talk) 19:32, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

I don't know anything about electronics, but it seems to me that this is an important subject.... I've never seen such a short piece-of-crap article about something so important. Wish I could fix it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.194.158 (talk) 01:15, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

What is the formal definition of "negative earth" and "positive earth"? These should be written as "common negative" and "common positive". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.250.1.246 (talk) 19:29, 29 October 2015 (UTC)