I have been told that an electric cord/cable/line after so many feet will lose or have electricity fall off and weaken before reaching the item it is meant to power.
How does this happen.
Where does the electricity go if energy doesn’t just go away and the cable/ cord/ line are insulated?
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When electricity flows through metal, the metal warms up. This is how kettles and other electrical heaters work.
Usually the cables supplying electricity to your house are thick and specially made to have Low resistance, meaning less electricity is used up as heat in these cables. But over Long distances there can indeed be some power loss as heat.
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