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What is voltage?

Voltage describes the “pressure” that pushes electricity. The amount of voltage is indicated by a unit known as the volt (V), and higher voltages cause more electricity to flow to an electronic device. However, electronic devices are designed to operate at specific voltages; excessive voltage can damage their circuitry.

By contrast, too low a voltage can cause issues, too, by preventing circuits from operating and making the devices built around them useless. An understanding of voltage and of how to rectify associated issues is necessary in order to handle electronic devices appropriately and identify the underlying issues when problems occur.

The difference between voltage and current

As introduced above, a simple description of voltage would be “the ability to cause electricity to flow.” If you're like most people, you have trouble envisioning what voltage is since you can't view it directly with your eyes. To understand voltage, you must first understand electricity.

Electricity flows as a current. You can imagine it as a flow of water, like in a river. The water in rivers flows from mountains upstream to the ocean downstream. In other words, water flows from places with a high water height to places with a low water height. Electricity acts similarly: the concept of water height is analogous to electric potential, and electricity flows from places with high electric potential to places with low electric potential.

 

What is voltage?

Voltage describes the “pressure” that pushes electricity. The amount of voltage is indicated by a unit known as the volt (V), and higher voltages cause more electricity to flow to an electronic device. However, electronic devices are designed to operate at specific voltages; excessive voltage can damage their circuitry.

By contrast, too low a voltage can cause issues, too, by preventing circuits from operating and making the devices built around them useless. An understanding of voltage and of how to rectify associated issues is necessary in order to handle electronic devices appropriately and identify the underlying issues when problems occur.

The difference between voltage and current

As introduced above, a simple description of voltage would be “the ability to cause electricity to flow.” If you're like most people, you have trouble envisioning what voltage is since you can't view it directly with your eyes. To understand voltage, you must first understand electricity.

Electricity flows as a current. You can imagine it as a flow of water, like in a river. The water in rivers flows from mountains upstream to the ocean downstream. In other words, water flows from places with a high water height to places with a low water height. Electricity acts similarly: the concept of water height is analogous to electric potential, and electricity flows from places with high electric potential to places with low electric potential.

 

What is voltage?

Voltage describes the “pressure” that pushes electricity. The amount of voltage is indicated by a unit known as the volt (V), and higher voltages cause more electricity to flow to an electronic device. However, electronic devices are designed to operate at specific voltages; excessive voltage can damage their circuitry.

By contrast, too low a voltage can cause issues, too, by preventing circuits from operating and making the devices built around them useless. An understanding of voltage and of how to rectify associated issues is necessary in order to handle electronic devices appropriately and identify the underlying issues when problems occur.

The difference between voltage and current

As introduced above, a simple description of voltage would be “the ability to cause electricity to flow.” If you're like most people, you have trouble envisioning what voltage is since you can't view it directly with your eyes. To understand voltage, you must first understand electricity.

Electricity flows as a current. You can imagine it as a flow of water, like in a river. The water in rivers flows from mountains upstream to the ocean downstream. In other words, water flows from places with a high water height to places with a low water height. Electricity acts similarly: the concept of water height is analogous to electric potential, and electricity flows from places with high electric potential to places with low electric potential.

 

What is voltage?

Voltage describes the “pressure” that pushes electricity. The amount of voltage is indicated by a unit known as the volt (V), and higher voltages cause more electricity to flow to an electronic device. However, electronic devices are designed to operate at specific voltages; excessive voltage can damage their circuitry.

By contrast, too low a voltage can cause issues, too, by preventing circuits from operating and making the devices built around them useless. An understanding of voltage and of how to rectify associated issues is necessary in order to handle electronic devices appropriately and identify the underlying issues when problems occur.

The difference between voltage and current

As introduced above, a simple description of voltage would be “the ability to cause electricity to flow.” If you're like most people, you have trouble envisioning what voltage is since you can't view it directly with your eyes. To understand voltage, you must first understand electricity.

Electricity flows as a current. You can imagine it as a flow of water, like in a river. The water in rivers flows from mountains upstream to the ocean downstream. In other words, water flows from places with a high water height to places with a low water height. Electricity acts similarly: the concept of water height is analogous to electric potential, and electricity flows from places with high electric potential to places with low electric potential.