In a circuit, where do electric charges go once they have left the voltage source and traveled along the wires?

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Dudley

13 January, 19:06

In a circuit, where do electric charges go once they have left the voltage source and traveled along the wires?

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Jonathan Hogan · Answer 1

In an electric circuit, the free electrons are moving around. Since equal charges repel and opposite charges attract, the electrons move from the negatively charged to the positively charged pole of the voltage source.