nicksydney
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I've been battling to understand in simple terms how Current and Voltage 'works' in a circuit because for some reason I'm getting myself confused everytime I read the definitions and reading a circuit and then trying to create a circuit.
This is how I think of Voltage and Current :
I think of Voltage as 'the pressure that is being applied to a circuit that "push" Current around the circuit loop. It starts from a given point as X amount and returns back to the same location with the same X amount. During it's journey through the circuit this pressure increase or decrease depending what stands in between. The pressure are applied across all the different part of the circuits but what's difference is the amount applied to the different part.'
I think of Current as 'small particles that carry charges and Voltage is the pressure that are applied to "move" around these charges. The "number" of this particles are reduced or increased depending our needs and depending (using the appropriate components - i.e. using Capacitor increase it while using Resistor to decrease it).'
The way I see Voltage is like the transportation for the Current where it "drives" around to every corner of the circuit making sure that each part of the circuit "received" Current.
Input and feedback are very much appreciated.
P.S. Sorry if the question or analogy sounds stupid
This is how I think of Voltage and Current :
I think of Voltage as 'the pressure that is being applied to a circuit that "push" Current around the circuit loop. It starts from a given point as X amount and returns back to the same location with the same X amount. During it's journey through the circuit this pressure increase or decrease depending what stands in between. The pressure are applied across all the different part of the circuits but what's difference is the amount applied to the different part.'
I think of Current as 'small particles that carry charges and Voltage is the pressure that are applied to "move" around these charges. The "number" of this particles are reduced or increased depending our needs and depending (using the appropriate components - i.e. using Capacitor increase it while using Resistor to decrease it).'
The way I see Voltage is like the transportation for the Current where it "drives" around to every corner of the circuit making sure that each part of the circuit "received" Current.
Input and feedback are very much appreciated.
P.S. Sorry if the question or analogy sounds stupid