: 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

It doesn’t “go” anywhere. It ceases to be. Electricity isn’t a “thing” it is what we call it when electrons are moving in a particular way. When you unplug a cable, the electrons stop moving in that particular way, so there is no more electricity.