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Exactly: this is the normal analogy used for understanding voltage and current. In a pipe with water, you could have a gargantuan pipe carrying water from a la
by midoridensha 4y ago
Exactly: this is the normal analogy used for understanding voltage and current. In a pipe with water, you could have a gargantuan pipe carrying water from a lake or river, at very low pressure (only gravity is moving it), but with a gigantic volume, so the total energy is huge. Or you could have a tiny pipe in your house with water at high pressure (60-90 psi is normal for municipal water supplies), but the total amount of water is low, so the total energy is low compared to that huge pipe with river water.
- osigurdson 4y agoThe analogy breaks down once you reach sonic flow in the pipe however.