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2007-11-16 06:24:46 · 5 answers · asked by Neuroscience2321 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
To help you with an anaolgy, think of a water hose. If the stream comes out very fast, but is a tiny opening, you will not get very wet. That's like voltage. You can have a lot of voltage, as with a shock from static electricity on a rug, but there is almost no current (amperes), so you do not get injured. If the hose were large, as in a fire hose, lots of water would come out. That's analogous to current. If the current is high, it can be dangerous, or even deadly.
2007-11-16 06:38:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Voltage (sometimes also called electric or electrical tension) is the difference of electrical potential between two points of an electrical or electronic circuit, expressed in volts.[1] It measures the potential energy of an electric field to cause an electric current in an electrical conductor. Depending on the difference of electrical potential it is called extra low voltage, low voltage, high voltage or extra high voltage.
2007-11-16 06:29:06 · answer #2 · answered by Murtaza 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Voltage is called electric potential, and it is analogous to potential energy in kinematics.
To use the water analogy, voltage would be the height that the water is falling from, and the current would correspond to the amount of water falling.
2007-11-16 06:56:17 · answer #3 · answered by Maybe Next Year 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's the potential energy per unit charge due to the electric field.
2007-11-16 08:36:54 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you use a hosepipe
the water pressure is the same as voltage
and the flowrate the same as current
Keep it simple (KIS)
2007-11-16 07:07:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋