Return current

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004820",
  "term": "Return current",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The flow of electrical charge that travels from a load back to the power source, completing an electrical circuit. In a direct current system, this current flows through the negative or neutral conductor and is equal in magnitude to the current flowing to the load. For balanced three-phase alternating current systems, the vector sum of the phase currents is zero, resulting in no current flow in the neutral conductor.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Rückstrom",
    "es": "corriente de retorno",
    "fr": "courant de retour"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/return-current/"
}