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Theonefrom1994
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I’m trying to learn about simple circuits but I have a few questions because I don’t fully understand what’s going on .
1. If the reason current flows when a wire is connected to the ends of a battery is due to a potential difference across a battery , why can’t the current just flow through the battery instead of going around through the wire?
2. When the current goes from one end of the battery to the other does it lose all of its electrical potential energy ? Where does this energy go? Is The potential energy used to light a light bulb for example?
3. If you have resistors in parallel connected to a battery, why is the potential drop across each resistor the same as the Voltage of the battery?
4. Why do batteries stop working ? Where are they getting their charge from and is Voltage across the battery really always the same ?
1. If the reason current flows when a wire is connected to the ends of a battery is due to a potential difference across a battery , why can’t the current just flow through the battery instead of going around through the wire?
2. When the current goes from one end of the battery to the other does it lose all of its electrical potential energy ? Where does this energy go? Is The potential energy used to light a light bulb for example?
3. If you have resistors in parallel connected to a battery, why is the potential drop across each resistor the same as the Voltage of the battery?
4. Why do batteries stop working ? Where are they getting their charge from and is Voltage across the battery really always the same ?