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[–] Monkeyshinerbot3000 ago  (edited ago)

The math involved with electricity and fluid hydraulics is virtually the same.

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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.

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[–] immatureusername ago 

You should look into the quantity of electrons in metal. Id bet youd be surprised to find out that gold is not the best conductor.

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[–] WORF_MOTORBOATS_TROI ago 

Wut