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I hate the water / electricity analogies because they don't make sense.

Voltage is not like water pressure. If you have a high water pressure, water will inexorably be pushed through the pipe to relieve the pressure. That's so regardless of whether the pipe is 1 inch or 1 yard in diameter.

Voltage on the other hand means nothing without current. A high voltage on its own - like static electricity - will not move many electrons through the conductor.

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A high water pressure in a container will also not move. High pressure water moves to low pressure areas just like high voltage moves to low voltage when a path exists.

A larger pipe will push more water at a lower pressure like a low resistance wire will move more energy at a lower voltage.

> Voltage on the other hand means nothing without current

How do you propose you have voltage in a conductive medium (pipe) without current?

To me, it's not a bad analogy (nevermind you that electrons flow the opposite direction of current) - and I am well-versed in physics.

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