Recent content by swaggaboy112

Thanks again Drakkith, I understand simple bar magnets up to a basic level now. And DrPapper your description of the field lines was brilliant! So I see that electromagnets are basically just wires of a metal with free electrons, they're coiled up to pack more material in a smaller space...

Thanks CWatters for that link and Drakkith for the explanations. I understand what voltage and charge are now, though I still struggle with the concept of E-fields, M-fields and EM-fields. One thing I need help on with charges is the "point charge" and field produced by a charge. I'll call this...

Hi, so I've just started learning about physics and I get the gist of most of it. I understand motion, torque, energy, light, radioactivity. But there is one topic that absolutely stumps me. Electricity. Can someone explain to an absolute moron like me what it is? It seems like everyone around...