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Originally Posted by loochy
Amps = Current (how many electrons are flowing through the material)
Ohms = Resistance (how difficult it is for electrons to travel through the material)
Volts = Current * Resistance (also called potential difference)
Does that help?
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I've done a fair amount of stuff with irrigation and fish tanks so generally I fall back to water/hoses and it makes sense.
Amps = amount of water flowing through the hose
Ohms = Pressure of thumb on the end of the hose
Volts = resulting spray
Run a ton of water through a hose but don't put your thumb on the end, it just runs out to no real issue. Put your thumb hard on the end with no water behind it and again, not much of anything. Put a ton of water through the hose and then put your thumb on the end of it, suddenly getting blasted in the eyes is gonna hurt.
I have a basic handle on it....sometimes....but the I get the terminology turned around because I just never use it.
I zapped the hell out of myself with my Sous Vide machine over Christmas because some stray voltage made it into the water bath. I put my hand in there to check the temp and got quite a jolt. It didn't hurt as much as it made it tense up quite a bit; high current, low volt? That's my memory of how that works.
But again, it's all magic and like Baby Lee - I had legos and shit as a kid; the little electricity kits just didn't appeal to me. I'll build cabinets (poorly) and work on suspensions or the like (again, poorly), but I'll be damned if I'll ever get electricity figured out.