How do objects get the same amount of power from one port as it would from an extension cable that splits said port in 3 or 4, wouldn’t it just cut the power in half or in quarters giving less power to the object?
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Think of the electricity as water.
Your outlet would be like a big pipe 5 inches in diameter that can pump water at 20 gallons per minute. Think of each think you plug in as like connecting a 3/4 inch garden hose to a spigot on the front of your 5 inch pipe. The 3/4 inch hose can flow only 5 gallons of water per minute. You could connect 3 more hoses that flow 5 gallons per minute max and your 5 inch hose could still supply all of those hoses with the same amount of water.
A circuit breaker shuts off that flow if you hook up too many hoses that it can’t keep up with. In our case, it would shut a giant valve to stop the water flow so you can repair the leak without messing up the equipment. A circuit breaker literally creates a gap in the circuit, “breaking” the circuit and stopping the flow of electricity.
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