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  1. What, exactly, is voltage? - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange

    Aug 22, 2020 · And also if voltage is like gravitational potential energy, how does more voltage mean more current? And here our nice analogy breaks down. In this sense voltage is more like pressure in …

  2. What exactly is voltage? - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange

    The total voltage you get from one out and back, even with a high temperature difference is pretty small. By putting many of these out and back combinations together, you can get a useful voltage. A single …

  3. What is the difference between line and phase voltage?

    Jun 26, 2025 · 2 In a three phase system, I’ve heard line voltage described as the RMS of the voltage difference between two lines coming from the power source and phase voltage is RMS voltage of a …

  4. Why does the voltage drop across a given resistor change when I add ...

    Why exactly does the voltage drop in R1 change when I add another resistor to the circuit? I understand that it has to change according to Ohm's Law (V = IR), but how does the amount of charge moving

  5. What do the plus and minus symbols on an independent voltage …

    Feb 8, 2026 · This most recent experimental setup yields a varying voltage, mostly influenced by triboelectric charge generated by clothing-in-motion flowing through the voltmeter's high resistance …

  6. inductive - DC motor voltage kickback when turning off - Electrical ...

    Mar 4, 2024 · The reason the voltage across the motor dies away slowly is because in the absence of current driven through it, it becomes a generator. That is, the spinning rotor has momentum, and …

  7. Volts vs voltage - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange

    Jul 30, 2015 · As I have understood it voltage is electric potential difference while volts are just electric potential. So I can say that the negative end (ground) of a battery has many volts since there's a lot...

  8. How to allow smaller clearance between two specific high-voltage nets?

    Dec 27, 2025 · Because there is never a voltage difference between them, I would like the clearance between these two specific nets to be only 0.2 mm, while still keeping 0.6 mm clearance between …

  9. How are current and voltage related to torque and speed of a …

    Sep 3, 2012 · Voltage instead "regulates" how fast a motor can run: the maximum speed a motor can reach is the speed at which the motor generates a voltage (named "Counter-electromotive force") …

  10. How much voltage/current is "dangerous"? - Electrical Engineering …

    Likewise, if the current and voltage are below a certain level, a person can--given enough time--safely absorb an arbitrarily large amount of electrical energy. Further, if voltage is sufficiently low, the …