Water analogy as electricity explanation

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Thinking of a restrictive pipe as an analogy of a resistor, which converts electrical energy to heat,
would a pipe demonstrate a rise in temperature related to the loss of energy in the water, . (theoretically - and assuming conditions which did not have other influences - so water at ambient temperature etc etc.)

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The pipe converts energy stored in pressure to heat - that heats the pipe and the water. The second part has no really analogon in electric circuits.