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Old 23rd March 2012 | 02:42
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italia458
 
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Water/electricity analogy

One of my students today told me that the water/electricity analogy isn't really correct/accurate in explaining the basics of electricity. I had compared voltage to water pressure, current to water flow and capacity to the amount of water in a container. I understand analogies obviously don't explain things fully but is there something wrong with using this analogy?

Here is a link explaining the analogy: Water circuit analogy to electric circuit
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