Hi,
I'm new here but I'm kind of familiar with circuits. I'm taking some analog design courses in college. However I have a basic question that was never answered. How do electrons in a wire know where to go? If you have a junction and one end of the junction (let's say the left side) is broken (open), and the other side (right side) is free to conduct then how do the electrons know to go down the right side instead of the left side? In reality are some of the electrons going into the left side, hitting a dead end and heading towards the right side?
Thanks.
I'm new here but I'm kind of familiar with circuits. I'm taking some analog design courses in college. However I have a basic question that was never answered. How do electrons in a wire know where to go? If you have a junction and one end of the junction (let's say the left side) is broken (open), and the other side (right side) is free to conduct then how do the electrons know to go down the right side instead of the left side? In reality are some of the electrons going into the left side, hitting a dead end and heading towards the right side?
Thanks.