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[–] AE5NE@lemmy.radio 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

imagine a bicycle chain between two sprockets, if you crank it foward and back like 1 inch, over and over again, you can clearly transmit power without the chain links going much of anywhere

[–] graymess@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Shit, that's an amazing analogy.

[–] AE5NE@lemmy.radio 1 points 2 days ago

Easy to fit capacitance, inductance, and resistance into as well