What is electricity? - Electricity Explained

What is electricity? - Electricity Explained - (1)

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What is electricity? How does electricity work? What do electrons do? What is short circuiting? These are all questions answered in this video: A fundamental explainer on what electricity is and how it works.
In following videos we'll look at voltage, ampere, ohm (resistance) and many more electricity related topics. All of this is to build a foundation of knowledge to serve all the future (and past) videos here on Into The Ordinary.
A couple of choices were made during the production of this video, that can be helpful to know:
- I chose to mention the Bohr-model in relation to the orbital model to bring the point across that there is more to atoms than just this. The What Are Atoms? video better explains orbitals than this video does, though.
- I intentionally used the word "shells" instead of orbits because it better catches what electrons are in real life, although still a simplification. This video is about electricity, not particle physics.
- Power generation, how batteries work, amps, volts, ohms, are all topics I want to address in separate videos.
- There will probably be a few more questions about this video, which I will try to address in the comments or in the description, here.
Never directly connect a wire to both holes of a wall socket, and never directly connect a wire to both ends of a battery! This can be dangerous and potentially life threatening!
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@TieXiongJi 5 жыл бұрын

As an Electrical Engineer, I certify the information is accurate and incredibly easy to understand. Well done, Creator!

@magmaman8453 2 жыл бұрын

what you talking about this is 6th grade science

@blse7740 2 жыл бұрын

How do your relate an experiment to the concept of electricity??

@vuldakbuld319 2 жыл бұрын

@@magmaman8453 And yet most people don't know it

@IntoTheOrdinary 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@STANENHYPEN574 2 жыл бұрын

BRO THIS IS WHAT U LEARN IN 6TH GRADE

@fernandoteruo3244 4 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what education is missing these days. Get something complex and turn it into ordinary. So everyone can learn.

@Rationalist101 4 жыл бұрын

@XY ZW How about you just watch the video

@user-pb4jg2dh4w 4 жыл бұрын

True

@brandonberisford 4 жыл бұрын

True, however if you TRULY want to learn the subject of electricity and magnetism you must learn vector/multivariable calculus and start reading a proper textbook on the topic.

@muhammadumer1406 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Right..

@matthewsmatthews456 4 жыл бұрын

Absolute agree it make things seem ordinary

@gieloc2358 3 жыл бұрын

You just turned 4 weeks of learning and 12 hours of homework into a 10 minute video. Well done this is EXTREMELY helpful to me (and probably many others)

@deang5622 Жыл бұрын

It's only 4 weeks of education if you're mentally slow. In my country the material is covered by two courses, a physics course and a chemistry course, which run concurrently for two years, along side many other courses that also run concurrently. So it's perfectly reasonable then for one course to teach its material at a different time to the other, and let's suppose the material is taught 4 months apart. It is then not reasonable to say it's 4 months of education. The correct way is to say "it takes 2 hours of education" because each lesson is 1 hour long. Let's not exaggerate .

@karanraut4417 Жыл бұрын

Sorry to say but its misconception that electron flow from one terminal of battery to other in fact they oscillate so little that their movement is negligible, its the electric field and magnetic field that carry the energy around. electrons stay in approximately the same space. electrons do not carry energy from battery to bulb its the fields. (we are taught wrong about electricity in colleges)

@cassiesimons7578 3 жыл бұрын

I am a science teacher. I struggled teaching about electricity and magnetism because I couldn't find any material that truly explained how it works in simple terms. Everything I found seemed way too confusing and overcomplicated. This is brilliant! Thanks, I will be using these videos to educate my kids. Way to go

@petergreen5337 Жыл бұрын

Well said.

@lene3667 Жыл бұрын

If you’re a teacher aren’t you supposed to come up with simple methods of how to teach it

@paulinedc397 Жыл бұрын

Man do I wish you'd been my teacher😅

@inara89iz Жыл бұрын

I am also a teacher of science

@raymonddouglas5067 Жыл бұрын

That is very bad 😅😮😂😢

@obayrafi2632 6 жыл бұрын

Lol i studied electricity in school for like 4 years And watched like 20 videos But i never understood it as clear as i did now Keep up 💓💓

@IntoTheOrdinary 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@themediocrepill 6 жыл бұрын

I know right

@amritghosh2357 6 жыл бұрын

seriously

@omarabouzeid4304 6 жыл бұрын

Good thing I’m not studying electricity in school and decided to learn about it online on my own lol

@FedorKai 6 жыл бұрын

Obay Rafi same I studied applied physics for 4 years and know all the formulas by heart but none of my teachers actually explained to us wtf electricity really is.

@spaceadventure2525 6 жыл бұрын

Actually im just 13 years old and i like to study about atoms. But no such videos were there! In your video, you explained slowly and gently, thats what makes people understand in better way! Thank you soo much whoever you are!

@jaredschwerdt7917 5 жыл бұрын

I'm 14 and Me too when I was 13 I was watching these videos too and I'm still am

@TechToppers 5 жыл бұрын

Great!

@carlnikolov 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to see young people are interested in science.

@danimtions7964 4 жыл бұрын

Bro i am studying physiscs since class 4 for now i m understang the schrodinger equation

@david.ricardo 4 жыл бұрын

Gabriella KAO “the move of electrons” its hard to truly understand them without deriving the meaning and interpretation from mathematics. You can search “quantum numbers” it will help you clarify some topics, try to understand the meaning of each if the quantum numbers, do not try to translate things like the spin of an electron to classical spins in the macro world.

@bibhusanpradhan1586 3 жыл бұрын

I am a Physics teacher and I always look for easier ways to teach my students and make things clear. Thank you for this video. It is very useful. And the way the animation and the narration goes its so perfect. Am looking forward to more videos from you.

@fortune3911 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service teacher.

@Safa2007_ Жыл бұрын

First of all, I want to thank u with the bottom of my heart for explaining electricity in such a simple and understanding way.

@pjousma 6 жыл бұрын

I am an educated electrical specialist and I approve this!

@lilouthecoolest 5 жыл бұрын

lol

@surajshokeen2634 5 жыл бұрын

But electricians are uneducated.

@surajshokeen2634 5 жыл бұрын

@M Detlef How?

@ishan2420 5 жыл бұрын

@@surajshokeen2634 its a joke, shocking ¯\_ಠ_ಠ_/¯

@worldamongus5053 4 жыл бұрын

Lets be frnd then

@jimivey6462 6 жыл бұрын

I wish the teacher had explained it this clearly back when I was in school! Thank you for this great video.

@banusuthan7432 3 жыл бұрын

agreed

@cigabo1303 2 жыл бұрын

Yes Jim

@creativewebmedia-uk 4 жыл бұрын

I happened across your video today (as one does ) and found it to be very well done. Great Pace, Great Animation, and a very listenable explanation. I am an electrician of 35 years "and have never came across such a well described lesson on the basics of what electricity is. Thanks for all the hard work

@boboganbobogan9297 2 жыл бұрын

I have no words to describe how good this explanation was. Please, make many many videos on physics topics. You are very creative and deserve millions of subscribers.

@tomsmith8543 5 жыл бұрын

I've tried to understand electricity for a long time. You have taken a lot of the mystery out. There is still a big mystery out there to go with this crazy stuff. I learned more in that one video and I have learned in my whole life. You have a great way of explaining things. You are on your way thank you.

@devinbrita3770 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve worked with electrical for quite a while now, and always understood the basics... but to see what’s actually going on at the molecular level is so neat!

@devlust 3 жыл бұрын

I can't tell how brilliant this video was for me, extremely well made and explained. Thanks a lot!

@zaheerkundgol8123 9 ай бұрын

I have never appreciated anyone that this deserve. And I also don't comment like 99 percent of the time and this video is just mind boggling. This guy gets a subscribe. The way he keeps it for beginners to grasp is just outstanding! I don't think I have seen a youtuber this much committed to explain physics. Keep posting you will be the best!

@MS-it9vv 5 жыл бұрын

I don’t consider myself stupid, but I never really understood some of these high-level concepts until now. Thank you for sharing this.

@lavaniadelrey2807 4 жыл бұрын

Im taking the asvab and electricity is a subtest on there. I was so hopeless because id study for hours to no avail, Never did I think an electrical video could be explained to me where I understood. THANK YOU times a million this video was genius !

@jahnvisingh8015 4 жыл бұрын

The best thing about this video is that it teaches things in the correct order. In most of the books, they teach about electric current first and then explain charges and all the other things. However, it is quite confusing at the beginner level to imagine something you never actually get to see. The use of daily life examples helps to actually relate to what happens inside a wire when electric current flows through it even though it is not accurate. I am very helpful to the creators of this video and the team working behind it. I appreciate your hard work and would definitely suggest this to my friends.

@alexcandale5310 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never commented on a KZfaq video in my life. But I swear to god or whoever you believe in, I learned more about electricity in that 11 mins then I have my entire electrical apprenticeship. That was eye opening 😂😂😂😂

@pallhe 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I should have learnt this stuff years ago. Very clearly explained. It's crazy how we depend so much on electricity, yet have no idea how it works. Now I can at least tell my kids about the basics.

@MyName-fr3nf 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is the type of teaching I need in my life.

@movoyemickele 4 жыл бұрын

OMG, this is what I need, the explanation is so clear. I need more of this, could you make more videos about electricity, also an explanation about resistor, capacitor, fuse, diode, inductor, different between AC and DC, and how can a power supply convert AC to DC, also how electrical travel on the mainboard. Because I guess no one can explain something too technical except you. Please please :)

@Freezyfied 3 жыл бұрын

Been an electrician for a couple years now and even back in trade school I didn't quite grasp the whole picture. This video really filled in the gaps and questions I had, thank you!

@deang5622 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't admit that to anyone that you know or encounter in real life. You're supposed to be an "expert".

@danielraymadden 4 жыл бұрын

The most accurate and well illustrated video I have seen.

@Lina-dk1ct 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is truly amazing video, man! I wish teachers at school would explain the lessons the way you do. You have a talent in it. Great explanation and animation. I watched and understood whole school program, that was not attractive for me, but is now. Thank you and keep it up! :)

@cleray3374 3 жыл бұрын

Everything about this video, the animation, explanation, analogy, are all simply brilliant!!

@fukz8820 4 жыл бұрын

I looked for good videos in english to repeat my knowledge about electricity and improve my english. This one is very good and i will still watch another one's. Thank you from Germany and keep going on ! :)

@tempo7an677 6 жыл бұрын

The entire semester I learned in engineering college can't even be compared to your 10 min video. You've got a great talent there to explain stuff to people. keep it up ♥♥♥

@sarveshwarans8037 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent animation.. I appreciate your effort

@IntoTheOrdinary 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ZzColdzDeathzZ 6 жыл бұрын

I agree the animation is spot on

@mohandasnm3600 5 жыл бұрын

Good

@JohnUzojr 5 жыл бұрын

The animation is on point. Industry standard. You should get hired immediately

@PK-qs5xw 4 жыл бұрын

@@IntoTheOrdinary What software do you use to animate this

@RizkyImam 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Has studied in school for 13 years but I just got understand by watching this video. Huge thanks !!👌

@DemetriLoizou 2 жыл бұрын

This video is fantastic!! It covers so many things in ten minutes, from the structure of the atom to how fuses work!

@Switcher321 5 жыл бұрын

This is a phenomenal explanation! Best Ive seen/heard for sure :) Subbed

@surajrshetty 5 жыл бұрын

Lucid explanation! Excellent for someone from non science background.

@h0tdish 4 жыл бұрын

really great stuff! if this was available when i was preparing for university i wouldn't have needed any private lessons

@Vikermajit 2 жыл бұрын

Incredibly awesome video. Never had any tutor in school who could explain in this manner...Thanks, sir. Now I have a better understanding. God bless.

@green_quadrix 4 жыл бұрын

The best channel i found!🤩 You are a genius! I love the simplicity and animations! I learned more by watching this than siting in a classroom for 1 week... New subscriber, love your work😚 Keep it up

@zralokk 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation. I would love for you to create more follow-up videos in this series.

@shahid123galaxy Жыл бұрын

Probably the best introduction to electricity I've ever come across. Kudos to the creator👏

@Hans_247 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone should learn how to explain just like you did! Appreciate your work.

@TigDegner 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best explanation I've found yet. I've gotten by on the old water pressure/flow analogy for a while but wanted to better understand what's actually happening. "Electrons are not spent…" answered one of my most basic questions. Thank you. All right, onward…

@karanraut4417 Жыл бұрын

@TigDegner Жыл бұрын

@@karanraut4417 that's what I was thanking the video for explaining.

@user-wc4gg3iy8p 9 ай бұрын

Fack for you 🤪😈

@SagarKumar-xn1uf 4 жыл бұрын

Dude how do you have so less subs with this level of animations !!! Hats off to you mate !!!

@ramilurazmanov 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Such an amazing video. Everything is right to the point. I've watched lots of videos concerning this topic but this is the best so far.

@sametyetimoglu6026 2 жыл бұрын

Please upload more! I really needed this back when I had to learn this in the most inefficient and vague way possible. The education system is outdated and your videos show this.

@gabrielcheverez8175 4 жыл бұрын

What a great video! I'm an electrical engineering student and I'm amazed with how well explained is this video. awesome animation!

@saskiavanhoutert6081 Жыл бұрын

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@z1zn 5 жыл бұрын

This is amazing work! Thank you! i have never seen such an amazing animation ! شكر جزيلا على جهودكم المبذولة.

@user-np5kg3cp7t 3 ай бұрын

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@user-np5kg3cp7t 3 ай бұрын

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@barryfoster453 3 жыл бұрын

As a heating engineer, I would like to thank my old tech college instructor for teaching me Ohms Law - as 'Virgins Are Rare' and 'Where Virgins Are'. As a 17 year-old , it was a brilliant way to remember how to work out wattage, voltage, amps, and resistance. It's never left me, and I'm 62, now. I use it almost weekly in my job. I only came on here to refresh my memory on the name of the outermost electron cloud.

@sonofearth2440 2 жыл бұрын

The animations are very skillfully prepared. Anyone with no understanding can easily understand the issues. Therefore, I congratulate you.

@aitaseller 6 жыл бұрын

They are truly amazing people in The World! Amazing explanation, the animations are simply breathtaking!

@rvrby2541 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Your videos are awesome: picture, sound, speech, explanation, subtitles. It's really sad that you stop producing. Can't wait for the next video with an explanation of what happens when electrons reach the positive terminal!

@oscarg7460 3 жыл бұрын

It is a special and needed talent to be able to reduce complex scientific concepts to easily understandable lessons. Congratulations.

@jeffcampsall5435 2 жыл бұрын

I am impressed by both the esthetic and effectiveness of your graphics/animations and doubly impressed you did this all yourself 👍

@redhidinghood9337 2 жыл бұрын

This is an insanely good video. Incredibly well explained from the ground up. Even if you don't have prior knowledge in physics of chemistry, this video explains each concept do simply and intuitively thay you won't have trouble understanding. Just wow. Hats off to the creator.

@gathelikon 4 жыл бұрын

thanks, man.. I'm 31 years old now, never understand physic in high school, and always curious about how electricity is actually work.. wish there was video like this in that time..

@thinginground5179 3 жыл бұрын

Damn I never thought about that. Us teens are lucky these days because we have these videos to help!

@benjaminelterman8663 4 жыл бұрын

This was a great video. So clear. Bravo. I can't wait to watch more.

@saberzain318 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent during my college days I tried hard to understand electricity but never found good tutors. But this 10 minutes video gave complete details about electricity.

@iceiceisaac 4 жыл бұрын

Will you ever finish this series? Really loved this one

@aparnatripathi1731 3 жыл бұрын

Awsm. This is what actually missing in today's education. Really helpful ❤️❤️

@ambroseaarondavid9677 8 ай бұрын

This is one of the hardest topics to explain you have explained it so beautifully

@wainleck233 3 жыл бұрын

I love this. it is all I ever asked for. ITO keep bringing out videos like this and you will go places

@caglarkeskin1417 4 жыл бұрын

I m a seasoned electrical engineer, i can say this is a great video👍

@justynafitesta8363 5 жыл бұрын

Fantanstic explanation. There is still hope for me to understand electricity.

@deepakrishna2105 4 жыл бұрын

I must say, this video explains it all, the flow is information is spot on!

@paul_onium 3 жыл бұрын

What a great video! It's so sad you abandoned this useful channel. Anyway thank you for your work. It helps.

@freyabrown5 Жыл бұрын

I just got an electrical apprenticeship and have been looking for electrical education videos and this was brilliant, thank you so much. Going to watch more of your videos and I hope you keep creating content!

@matthewconrad8843 4 жыл бұрын

You’re literally the best teacher

@NikiWinProd 2 жыл бұрын

the whole thing about learning effectively is to simplify information for a beginner. never saw the job getting done that good like in this video.

@operationhope1959 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Excellent, one of the best I have ever seen and heard. You are a great communicator with a really good voice for this subject. Dr. Mark

@vinaymishra7509 3 жыл бұрын

I would just want to say, Thank You and it was just amazing.

@balmeseducationtv2095 6 жыл бұрын

thank you. it helps me a lot

@legendohpro8249 2 жыл бұрын

Dude this video is the best for me, I understood everything I was missing, thanks!

@yacinefadhlaoui951 3 жыл бұрын

you have just said what i was learning for more than 4 years

@alka_3.4 2 жыл бұрын

when 3 years of chemistry class taught you almost nothing, but this 10 minute youtube video saved you from repeating class

@thecrudelab3204 6 жыл бұрын

phew thanks dude i was wondering how these things work! school didnt really explan them to me that well

@amitchoudhary1613 2 жыл бұрын

Excellently done ...great work . Students deserve such simple and yet profound teaching

@kaemmili4590 2 жыл бұрын

the name of the channel announced the marvel already, ur video and the whole playlist is by far the best content on youtube about the topic

@theangryblonde6517 2 жыл бұрын

This made everything I’ve ever watched about electricity make so much more sense!! Thank you!

@IntoTheOrdinary 2 жыл бұрын

Thabk you and you're welcome 😊

@amanpratap3626 4 жыл бұрын

You are kind of people who are required for the world to Enlighten

@AlessandroZir Жыл бұрын

very effective way of using graphics, very clear text and pronountiation; appropriate soundtrack and sound effects: its is a pleasure to see this!!

@tanyapathak208 2 жыл бұрын

Have no words to thank you I was searching on youtube for days for learning what's the chemistry behind this physics but no one made it clear Thankyou so much

@charlesklein7232 6 жыл бұрын

your voice is perfect you are a "NARRATOR" congratulations! few are! excellent! i have subscribed and will watch all your videos. you speak in a slow and poistive manner.

@mahmooddr 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@urasam2 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best scientific videos I have seen! Excellent!

@caw2161 4 жыл бұрын

Can't believe these odds: 20k "likes" and 400 "not liked". Goes to show how informative this YT'er is. Now every time I plug something in, I'll see nothing but electrons in my head.

@genome616 4 жыл бұрын

I would agree with you if the video was correct but unfortunately it is far from correct and is just expressed in a false simplified analogy normally aimed at the young mind where critical and analytical thinking skills have yet to develop.

@updateofficial5893 3 жыл бұрын

This is real study of science seriously man you explained it well done no words it's a rare channel of explaining electricity's

@mohammedviso2269 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for this

@realspirit5100 4 жыл бұрын

let me say, that this is a great explanation. thank you much for your effort !!

@RandomerFellow 2 ай бұрын

As a Swedish educator, I give you full marks. 'Through your animations, explanations and a precise pace

@pratikbando4731 6 жыл бұрын

keep up guys world need you

@phamcong5812 3 жыл бұрын

I am not an electrical student or engineer but I could understand this video quite clearly. I wish our education system could create thing like this and apply in the study program for the students. We would be a better engineer. Million thanks to the one who created this.

@achrace.profrichardachara 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant teaching. Doesn't assume we already know the basics already. Thanks a million, sir.

@IntoTheOrdinary 2 жыл бұрын

So nice of you - thank you!

@elizabethsmith4838 3 жыл бұрын

This was the best explanation about electricity really wish yall made the other videos ...still love it

@brunonotthemars7856 3 жыл бұрын

I never thought I would be actually interested in learning this. Idk, the school made it seem so boring. But this is awesome. That's why I love this channel: Clear and easy explanations. Great job! :D

@IntoTheOrdinary 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Hope to find time to make more :)

@stewartvclark4008 6 жыл бұрын

Well done, "electrons are carriers of charge"

@yousafalishar4749 4 жыл бұрын

Electric video

@randyfleet9968 3 жыл бұрын

But what about debits?

4 жыл бұрын

Best and simplest explanation I ever heard. Thank you

@edharkins112 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video.... very well explained, and great graphics too!!! Thank you!

@MarcusT86 4 жыл бұрын

Background music sounds like the galaxy map in Mass Effect... I damn well approve of that! Great choice!

@jameskaten8291 2 жыл бұрын

That's a really nice explanation. It contains an error, though, beginning about 9:39, when you say that the depicted short circuit can be dangerous because the electrons do not encounter resistance. In fact, it's the resistance of the wire that makes this dangerous as the resistance produces heat. If the wire had no resistance, then the flow of electrons would not produce heat.

@achrace.profrichardachara 2 жыл бұрын

This is why I read the comments. Great lecture; helpful amendment.

@melonachii 2 жыл бұрын

why? If there was no resistance, wouldnt the electrons flow much faster therefore producing heat? 🤔

@grantjones8690 2 жыл бұрын

@@melonachii The battery or whatever source has its own internal resistance. If it was shorted out with a very low resistant path, the battery would heat up.