[–] DeliciousOnions ago
They both are made up of trillions of tiny particles that transfer force between each other.
For water, they're molecules and they transfer pressure. For electricity, they're electrons and they transfer voltage.
This really is about as far as the similarities end. There is no allegory for magnetic fields and flux in water systems, and there are other effects related to the fact that water molecules are slightly attracted to each other (surface tension) while electrons are repelled by each other (skin effect).
There's also more complicated shit involved in the fact that there are electric fields and there's no such thing as a water field, and while water can travel through a vacuum we almost always see electricity carried through other materials - which have their own effects on things.
[–] TheKnowledgeHammer 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Water is basically a stream of H2O particles running down a pipe. Electricity is basically a stream of electron particles running down a wire. Particles going down a pipe can be measured in terms of their energy lost per unit distance and in terms of the total amount of flow per unit time. Particles with energy flowing down a pipe can also be slowed down to store potential energy in different ways.
This is why:
Electricity has voltage while water has pressure.
Electricity has current while water has flow rates
Electricity has capacitors while water has water towers
Electricity has inductors while water has water wheels.
[–] Monkeyshinerbot3000 ago (edited ago)
The math involved with electricity and fluid hydraulics is virtually the same.
[–] Scablifter ago
Victor Schauberger.
https://www.facts-are-facts.com/article/the-inexhaustible-power-of-water
[–] ColaEuphoria ago
Electrons flowing through a wire is simply easily comparable to water molecules flowing through a pipe. Thin and stuffed pipes yield higher resistance to flow and require a higher potential energy difference to flow through it faster.