Right hand rule #1 and #2

One of the many "rules" we learn in physics is called the Right hand rule. No i am not joking you, it is called the right hand rule. However, you should not take this rule very lightly, as it does help you a lot with being able to identify the direction of the magnetic field (B).

Right hand rule #1

This rule is helps identify the direction of the current and the direction of the magnetic field. First of all to understand this rule, you must first know that all

rules regarding the right hand are used for conventional currents, whereas, the same rule for left hands deal with electron flow.

The first rule states that the direction the current is going through wire, the thumb is the indicator. The rest of the fingers are the indicator of the direction the magnetic field direction

Right Hand Rule # 2

This helps to identify the direction of of the current, and ultimately which side is North and which side is south of a coil/electromagnet. Coils are one of the ways to magnetically charge a conductor.

In this rule, the fingers represent how the electromagnet is coiled and the thumb is the direction of the conventional current