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One analogy used to `explain' electricity is to compare it with (water) plumbing.
by helph67 3y ago
One analogy used to `explain' electricity is to compare it with (water) plumbing.
- figassis 3y agoIt's one of the best analogies. I usually use rivers, waterfalls, dams, rain to illustrate. Basically the water cycle and how humans manipulate it to do things.
- andrei_says_ 3y agoI’m still trying to understand electricity in terms of wattage amperage and voltage and the water pipe analogy seems to break down. If you have a solid explanation I’d be delighted to hear/see it.
- fragmede 3y agoIn this analogy, water in a pipe is electricity in a wire. Volts: Water pressure. The higher the pressure, the more forceful it goes through, but you can have a large or small diameter pipe with high and low pressures. But water can be highly pressurized without actually moving. Amps: Water flow rate. More amps means more water flowing through the pipe, per second. Watts: Power of the water. Multiply the pressure by the flow rate to get this. Higher with more water flow (amps) and higher pressure (volts).
- andrei_says_ 3y agoCould you expand this to appliances being measure in amps? Is this the resistance? In a solar powered system with limited supply being able to power a limited amount of devices - how is that calculated? What is a mental model I can use for that?