Dissipating The Collected Energy

Dissipating The Collected Energy
The Work Cycle: We focus again on cycle two. Shortly after the now-potentialized collector is
connected to the load at the beginning of cycle 2 (the power cycle, or energy dissipation cycle,
or work cycle), the potential gradient across the potentialized collector is connected
(transferred) across the free electrons in the load circuit. We assume that the material of the
collector and the switching time have been designed so that, shortly after switching to the
loading/work cycle, the activated/potentialized free electrons in the electron gas in the collector
reach the skin of the collector, and are free to move as current.
So just after the beginning of cycle two, each of the free electrons in the load circuit now is
potentialized and free to move down the wiring. Each potentialized (activated) electron has its
own little individual potential gradient across it and coupled to it, due to the overall potential
gradient from the collector. Remember, prior to coupling to charges, this potential gradient
moves through the circuit at light speed. An EM potential gradient coupled to a charged mass
constitutes an EM force field (excess trapped EM energy per coulomb, times the number of
collecting coulombs). Now each little free electron with its potential gradient forms a little E-field
(force/charge), and that little E-field (force/charge) is free to move. That's all it takes to move
(accelerate) the little activated electron's mass through the load (the scatterer). We strongly
stress that the potentialized/activated electron moves itself. It doesn't care whether or not the
external battery is attached or not. It is its own little motorboat, with its own little engine driving it.
As the little potentialized electrons reach the load (the scatterer), they bang and clang around in
there erratically. That is, the "scatterer" (load) causes spurious accelerations ("scatterings") of
these self-driven electrons. As is well-known, when a charge is accelerated, it radiates photons.
What actually happens is that these little "jerked around" electrons shuck off their little potential
gradients in the load (in the scatterer, or the "jerker-arounder") by emitting/radiating photons in
all directions. Hence the heat that is produced in the load; the heat is just these scattered
photons. The theory of calorimetry already states that all the excess energy (on the
potentialized electrons) will be dissipated as this heat (scattered EM energy).
When all the potentialized electrons have radiated away their potential gradients in the load
(scatterer), they are no longer potentialized. The free electron gas is again "quiescent" and no
longer potentialized/activated (again, we are talking about "on the average" from a classical
viewpoint).