: if you disconnect a power cable, where does the electricity that is still in the cable go?

Question

: if you disconnect a power cable, where does the electricity that is still in the cable go?

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Answer 1

You could imagine electric attraction as being like turning on a conveyor belt in the wires that move the elections around the circuit, turn it off and the elections stop. This happens almost instantly if there is no connected source of charge.