a: Circuit ~
b: turning on a pump
What: "The fluid-pressure, electrical-potential connection has one very important difference. Connecting a battery to close a circuit is like turning on a pump. Before a circuit is closed with say a switch, no current flows because the pump/battery is effectively not turned on. Any time a battery is connected in a closed circuit is "turned on" unlike a water pipe system in which the pump can be turned on and off even if the pipes make a complete circuit."
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Writer: Dr. Richard Vawter
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Mar 1 2014 5:10 PM
# 5163 Critique Analogy