"an electric current" is a correctly formatted and usable expression in written English.
Example sentence: By running an electric current through the wire, we were able to trigger the alarm.
An earlier version said that Tasers "use an electric current of up to 50,000 volts".
These conduct electricity and act like an armature of a generator thereby generating an electric current.
Moving charges represent an electric current.
Often an electric current is passed through the needle used.
Yet beneath the anger ran an electric current of guilt.
Standard magnets can be made from a coil of copper cable carrying an electric current.
"It was like an electric current ran through everything," Mr. Lansill said.
His left foot twitched as if it had an electric current running through it.
This is photo-electric cell which makes an electric current, when exposed to light or darkness.
A racket with an electric current to stiffen the frame was also developed.
Then I felt, like an electric current, the street convey a message.
