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A positive DC voltage is an electric potential where excess electrons will flow from negative to positive.

AnswerYou appear to be mixing up potential difference (i.e. voltage) with potential.

There is no such thing as a 'positive' voltage if you mean 'positive' in the sense of charge! 'Voltage' means 'potential difference', and you cannot have a positive or negative potential difference in this sense. You can only apply positive and negative in this sense to potentials.

However, if you mean 'positive' in the sense of direction, then a positive voltage is one that is acting in the opposite direction to a negative voltage within the same circuit. For example, where two batteries have been connected in opposition.

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