Timeline for answer to How does current flow through a voltage source? by Jim Paris
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| Nov 20, 2012 at 3:19 | comment | added | davidcary | Yes, the voltage source pushes on the pre-existing charged particles. | |
| Nov 20, 2012 at 1:30 | comment | added | S.s. | What im trying to say is: electrons will flow through a circuit, like runners on a field, what makes them keep on flowing? meaning is the voltage source injecting more electrons into the total or just pushing the existing electrons? | |
| Nov 19, 2012 at 23:01 | comment | added | Jim Paris | The battery, of course. I'm not sure I understand your question. If you're asking how a battery does that, see this. | |
| Nov 19, 2012 at 22:03 | vote | accept | S.s. | ||
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| Nov 19, 2012 at 22:03 | vote | accept | S.s. | ||
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| Nov 19, 2012 at 22:03 | comment | added | S.s. | So what is actually moving the electrons? | |
| Nov 19, 2012 at 21:41 | comment | added | Jim Paris | Yep, that's it. | |
| Nov 19, 2012 at 21:10 | comment | added | S.s. | So, in my first diagram, current (from a conventional approach) is going from the + side through the resistor, through the diode, through the second resistor to the - side, and from the - side of the battery internally through to the + side? | |
| Nov 19, 2012 at 20:09 | history | answered | Jim Paris | CC BY-SA 3.0 |