Visual Electricity Water Analogy

This video is meant for students studying in class 9 and 10 in cb.

Visual electricity water analogy. A neat analogy to help understand these terms is a system of plumbing pipes. Electricity 101 voltage current and resistance. At the bottom of this tank there is a hose. In this analogy charge is represented by the water amount voltage is represented by the water pressure and current is represented by the water flow.

In this analogy the water system is showing only the flow of charges you can think of them as electrons. In this analogy voltage is equivalent to water pressure current is equivalent to flow rate and resistance is equivalent to pipe size. Voltage is like the pressure that pushes water through the hose. The fundamental laws of electricity are mathematically complex.

The three most basic components of electricity are voltage current and resistance. To get to the flow of energy i ve introduced a grain mill powered by water representing an electrical load powered by charges. When describing voltage current and resistance a common analogy is a water tank. Em wave speed velocity of propagation is equivalent to the speed of sound in water.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Watts are analogous to the grains per minute being ground by the mill. A pump takes in water at low pressureand does workon it ejecting it at high pressure. It s the rate of energy transfer.

The voltage is equivalent to the water pressure the current is equivalent to the flow rate and the resistance is like the pipe size. Kw measure power and are like how quickly you fill or empty the bucket. Kwh measure energy and are like how full the bucket is. But using water as an analogy offers an easy way to gain a basic understanding.

So for this analogy remember. A system of water pipes is often used as an analogy to help people understand how these units of electricity work together. The moving charges themselves move rather slowly. Consider a water tank at a certain height above the ground.

Volts measure voltage and are like water pressure. A battery takes in chargeat low voltage does work on it and ejects it at high voltage. Charge flow speed drift velocity is equivalent to the particle speed of water. This physics video explains how the electric current flows using the analogy of water flow.

It s common to hear an analogy which says that electricity is like water it goes something like this. There is a basic equation in electrical engineering that states how the three terms relate.