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by sobriquet9 1930 days ago
Water analogy works well even with non-linear components like diodes (think one-way valve) and transistors (think valve controlled by water pressure from separate tube).
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magicalhippo 1930 days ago
Works other way too. For me the explanation of a hydraulic ram pump[1] clicked when I realized it's essentially just like a boost converter[2].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_ram

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_converter

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