Voltage Explained - What is Voltage? Basic electricity potential difference

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The easiest way to explain it would be to think of a battery. Nature is about balance. You know that when you put the positive side of a magnet close to the negative side of another magnet, they're going to try to pull together. They're trying to "balance" themselves. Now think about that with electrons. The electrons in the negative side of the battery really REALLY want to get to the positive side. We take advantage of this by creating circuits. We give them a path to get to that positive side that they desperately want to reach, and we have them do a little work for us along the way. The MORE free electrons in the negative side of the battery, the more POTENTIAL there is for us to use (Voltage). This is why a fully charged battery will read its rated voltage, or close to it, and why a depleted battery will read a noticeably LOWER voltage -- reflecting the fact that many of those electrons are now at the positive side of the battery. There aren't AS MANY of them left that need to get over there anymore, so much of the FORCE they provide when traveling through the circuit has dissipated. Think of a bunch of people waiting outside a store before Black Friday. All of those people are electrons. Outside the store is the negative side of the battery. The store itself is the circuit. The register is the positive side of the battery. As soon as those doors are open, those people are going to rush to get to the items they want, grab 'em, and run for the registers! The more people (electrons) there are waiting in line (negative side), the more FORCE they'll have when they make their rush to grab what they want and checkout (positive side). I hope that helps.

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Fun fact....here in Brazil there are cities that are 110v while other cities are 220v. My city is 110v and my neighbor city is 220v. It's a mess haha.

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I like these videos. I'm surprised by how many electrons are needed to flow per second. It's also interesting how you can change the voltage by the way you configure the power lines. Thanks for the content.

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