Talk:Potential difference
In physics, there is no Potential Difference. Electric potential difference is the only correct term and the only term defined. Electric Potential Difference…
This page should be renamed "Electric Potential Difference."
In physics, there is no Potential Difference. Electric potential difference is the only correct term and the only term defined. Electric Potential Difference and Voltage are two names for the same thing so a page named Electric Potential Difference should redirect to Voltage, not Potential Difference.
Saying potential difference leads one to ask, the potential difference of what -- gravitational potential difference, magnetic potential difference? In electrical engineering where everyone is only talking about electricity and everyone knows that electricity is the only thing being talked about, sometimes electrical engineers may take a shortcut and used a nickname of potential difference but it is not really proper.
If we let this page stand we should also make an "Electric Potential Difference" page to direct the correct term Voltage. Bob.A51 (talk) 05:57, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- Creating an "Electrical Potential Difference" page to redirect to Voltage is easy and should be done. But you have pointed out several different types of potential difference - gravitational and magnetic. Should a "Potential difference page then be a disambiguation page with links to the correct article?--Peterdownunder (talk) 06:09, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
- The other pages and a disambiguation page are not necessary. The gravitational and magnetic potential difference are analogous concepts that certainly could be thought of theoretically and even be defined and used -- but they are not defined and are not used. The electric potential difference concept is the only one that is defined and used. I was just trying to point out that calling it by the short name, potential difference, is not truly correct. People get away with it only because the other concepts are not used.
- That said, the concept of gravitation is easier for people than electricity and so GPE, gravitational potential (another unused concept), and gravitational potential difference (an unused concept) are also easier to understand than their electrical counterparts. Although those concepts are not defined or used in practice, I do use them as an analogy to teach electricity -- but do not call them by name since they are not real/defined. See the water pond analogy for Electric Potential if interested.Bob.A51 (talk) 07:16, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
Created Electric Potential Difference page.
I made the "Electric Potential Difference" page and redirected it to Voltage. But of course, electric potential difference is the real term and voltage is a common name for it and what it is commonly called. So the Electric Potential Difference page should really have the content and the Voltage page should redirect to it. But this has the same effect, even if not absolutely imho correct.
P.S.
I am new and figured out how to create the page and did.
But I do not know the format to insert comments directed to a particular user or answer a particular user's comment. I am going to answer Peterdownunder's comment next, up above under his question. If just putting the answer here isn't the correct way to answer to a particular user so that the user sees it, it would be great if you could give me a pointer on my talk page. Thks.
Bob.A51 (talk) 06:40, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
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