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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

With the river analogy, Voltage = pressure, Wattage = how much water is passing, Current (Amps) is how wide the river is.

Pressure * Width of river = Amount of water passing

Not sure that helps with passing it through the terms and then to variables.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Water analogy works better with plumbing. A river, not so much. But people aren't that much better at understanding plumbing, unfortunately...