Hello,
I am having conceptual difficulties trying to understand how voltage is dropped across a resistor. The whole idea of it is confusing to me, where does this voltage go?
Could it be explained in terms of point charges and electric fields, which is how I am able to visualize potential difference.
The way I see it, the positive charges move across a resistor and face some sort of resistance to their motion, but how does that relate to the charges losing potential?
I am having conceptual difficulties trying to understand how voltage is dropped across a resistor. The whole idea of it is confusing to me, where does this voltage go?
Could it be explained in terms of point charges and electric fields, which is how I am able to visualize potential difference.
The way I see it, the positive charges move across a resistor and face some sort of resistance to their motion, but how does that relate to the charges losing potential?