Electricity Flow Analogies

The cluster focuses on discussions about how electricity flows, critiquing and explaining analogies like water pipes for electric current, electron movement, and related electromagnetic concepts.

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mrwnmonm Jun 4, 2013 View on HN

why you didn't say like electricity

majjam Jul 11, 2023 View on HN

You might find this HN discussion interesting, its full of good explanations for different electrical concepts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26362492

sopooneo May 16, 2013 View on HN

Electric current comes to mind.

agumonkey Aug 4, 2015 View on HN

Couldn't there be electromagnetic resistance too ?

puddingnomeat Mar 22, 2021 View on HN

does this flow effect work with the water analogy of electricity?

BlueTemplar Aug 14, 2020 View on HN

Funny how it's a parallel to electric current having the "wrong" sign...

kragen Aug 2, 2023 View on HN

current flow isn't always a literal flow of electrons, but in a wire or transistor it isyou probably should trust your electromagnetism textbook more than a youtube video

scawf Jan 27, 2017 View on HN

Maybe I misunderstand.. but isn't it allowing electricity to flow without heating ?

wahnfrieden Dec 17, 2023 View on HN

Yes, electricity doesn’t move instantly

Frogolocalypse Nov 30, 2017 View on HN

TIL electricity is a physical thing.