Why your home’s (120v 15 circuit) does not overload tools that only use 1 amp, 2 amps, 3 amps (etc. anything less than the 15)?

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For example if I connect a 90v motor to a 120v battery source doesn’t that overheat and blow my motor?

Why is it though when it’s 120v from the wall then the motor is still fine?

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When you turn on your kitchen sink, why doesn’t your house immediately flood, as it would if you opened a fire hydrant?

This is the “hydraulic analogy”. Voltage is water pressure, current is the flow rate.

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