Editing VanDeGraaff Generator (section)

== Why It Is ==

Grounding/Discharge –
    Electricity likes to diffuse throughout its surroundings to create a uniform charge. Grounding works because the planet is big (really, really, really, big) and the charge can spread out easily.
Like Charges –
    A charged state is an unnatural state; all things like to be neutral (zero charge). A negative and a positive charge cancel each other out. This is why positive and negative charges are attracted to one another, and like charges repel.
Transfer of Charge –
    This is based on diffusion. The charges want to spread out. When the charged ball strikes the uncharged bell, the charge vacates the ball and moves into the “empty” bell. When the ball receives a charge from the first bell, the same thing is happening.
Conservation of Charge –
    Charge is neither lost nor gained in a closed system; it is only transferred or transformed.
Induced Charge via an Electric Field –
    At a specific distance from the center of your field, there is a specific amount of electrical potential energy. (The further you get away, the less the potential is.) When you put an object into this field, the potential energy acts on it. In the case of the light-bulb, the electrical energy is transformed into a charge which runs through the tube. (This is an electrical current.)