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How does electricity really flow?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

it really flows from + to - on DC if its AC it alternates. think of it like water in a tube. when you put one end above the other the water flows to the bottom. the top of the tube would be + and the bottom would be -. i wasnt jokeing when i said it flows like water.

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