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Potential Difference

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Potential Difference

Total voltage of energy sources = total potential difference across components.

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Charges as buckets of water 1

  • Think of the moving charges having energy being like people carrying buckets of water.
  • At the start of the journey, the buckets are filled by the energy source.
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Charges as buckets of water 2

  • When the people carry the buckets around the circuit they empty a little bit of water into every component that they pass.
  • The people carrying the water empty water into each component so that their bucket is empty when they return to the source.

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