Still wouldn't mind if someone could take a stab at explaining voltage drop as opposed to voltage (from say a battery). Looking for a conceptual understanding, not just terminology and tips on how to measure the drop with a voltmeter.
Yes I totally 100% agree. My problem is overthinking. And the reason I don't overthink the other aspects of science (the more 'familiar' forces etc that you mentioned) is because they're just there and I take them for granted just because they're considered 'visualizable' and less complicated...
I think people are confusing my ability to use a voltmeter with my ability to understand the inner workings of "voltage" itself. I'm totally okay with circuit analyses and ohms law and connecting two leads into a voltmeter (in parallel if my memory serves me right - I have done it a few hundred...
Yes I totally agree. It's a shame that in universities things are taught at such high pace with such heavy course loads that students rarely get time to ponder these things in great detail. I plan to make it a sort of hobby to dig deep into the basics. I know it's not necessary for engineering...
I feel so lost when it comes to trying to understand the fundamentals. I have a hard time just running with things from an overview perspective. And then the more I inquire about the fundamentals the more confused I get. It's rather disheartening. End rant. I'll eat some ice cream and I'll be...
Yeah but a coulomb is the CHARGE of so many electrons. Not just a number of so many electrons. So u haven't really answered my question. Or in going insane. Don't know which one of the two
I don't remember saying that current was dropped. I've been meaning to figure out how "voltage is dropped across a load/resistance". And isn't saying that a load "draws" current misleading? Because I would picture the load as just being there while current is passed through it. And based on its...
I know that a volt is a joule/coulomb so the amount of work done by a unit of charge.. Which is a coulomb?? Also I have never understood the coulomb. And read a lot in attempts to understand it but I just get more confused. How is charge quantifiable. This blows my mind. Isn't it just...
I guess it makes sense. The resistor, depending on its resistance takes the amount of voltage it needs out of the tub of voltage supplied and has it "dropped" across itself in accordance with ohms law. I know I sound like a 5th grade retard here so bear with me lol and thanks for doing so. So...
Right so what exactly is the "drop"? Because a source (dc in this example) is providing steady voltage so it's not like the "drop across" the resistor is a chunk of that voltage being expended over the resistor. So what is it then?? Sorry if I'm not articulating myself well enough. I just don't...