Recently, we’ve been studying electricity at school and one thing I’m incredibly confused about is voltage. When I try to find explanations, I find people using analogies to give a basic idea but actually not explain what it is?
So far, I believe that Voltage acts like a pushing force force the current to flow. Is this correct? or Is there anything I’m missing.
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>So far, I believe that Voltage acts like a pushing force force the current to flow.
In a way.
Think of a hydroelectric dam; the amount of power that dam can create at any given time is dependent on the flow-rate of water through the dam and the height of the dam (and thus the difference in potential energy caused by gravity wanting to pull all that water down to sea level. In electricity, amperage is analogous to the flow-rate, and voltage is analogous to the height of the dam.
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