The power liens that run through your neighborhood carry alternating currents that reverse direction 120 times per second. As current changes so does magnetic field. If you put a loop of wire up near the power line to extract power by tapping the magnetic field, sketch how you would orient the coil of wire next to a power line to develop the max emf in the coilo If magnetic flux through a loop changes, induced emf is produced
o If the area of the loop is parallel to the field, the flux through the loop is minimum
• So no emf is produced
o To get the most of the flux through the loop you place it closer to the power lines and in orientations so the plane of the loop also contains power lines
• Flux would be max and result in greater induced emf as field goes from max to zero to max and then in other direction