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The Biggest Misconception About Electricity

Veritasium

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Veritasium's thought experiment on how quickly energy reaches a bulb in a very long circuit; widely discussed and disputed, often alongside the EEVblog and ElectroBOOM responses.

Watch for: contested answer, see the EEVblog response

In their words

In a recent video by the pop-sci channel Veritasium, the concept of the flow of electricity and energy transmission in a circuit was discussed.

Mu3 on electronics.stackexchange.com, Nov 2021. CC BY-SA.

Veritasium - The Big Misconception About Electricity - Energy Doesn't Flow in Wires

SystemTheory on electronics.stackexchange.com, Dec 2021. CC BY-SA.

However, this graphic seems relevant to the current discussion regarding Veritasium's video regarding the propagation of electricity.

Math Keeps Me Busy on electronics.stackexchange.com, Dec 2021. CC BY-SA.

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