I'm reading "Electronics for Dummies" and I'm still a bit confused on voltage, watts, etc. Either the book doesn't do a good job of explaining the basics, or I am truely an idiot. Regardless, what are ...

I learned some basic electronics in high school physics class: resistors, capacitors, Kirchhoff’s law and such, and added only what was required for projects as I did them. Then around 15 years ago I ...