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Dumb question but how do connecting batteries in serie raise the voltage? I know it doubles the voltage and I'd say I know the chemistry of how a basic battery works, but why don't electrons just flow from the minus of one to the plus of the other? Why actually does potential energy raise?

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Dumb question but how do connecting batteries in serie raise the voltage? I know it doubles the voltage and I'd say I know the chemistry of how a basic battery works, but why don't electrons just flow from the minus of one to the plus of the other? Why actually does potential energy raise?	1