Electricity finally made some sense to me when I wrote down the basic high school electricity equations and derived the basic energy and charge units from them.
That's how I finally understood that power is energy rate (Joules per unit time), current is charge rate (electrons per unit time), and voltage is energy per unit charge (Joules per electron). Voltage makes a lot more sense as the excitation of electrons; them wanting to jump gaps and go to a lower energy place feels more intuitive in that framing.
That's how I finally understood that power is energy rate (Joules per unit time), current is charge rate (electrons per unit time), and voltage is energy per unit charge (Joules per electron). Voltage makes a lot more sense as the excitation of electrons; them wanting to jump gaps and go to a lower energy place feels more intuitive in that framing.