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One way to describe electricity to a lay person is that of a large vat full of water with a spigot at the bottom. The water in the vat represents the voltage potential of the source of the electricity. The amount the spigot is open represents the resistance and the flow of water out of the spigot represents current flow. As you open the spigot more the resistance decreases and the potential (the water) is depleted over time.

In this example you could say that the potential was somewhat analogous to mass in a physical sense.

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