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I have a little problem with the forces and fields that generate electricity. I want to describe to you what I think happens so you can correct me.

Let's start with a charged capacitor, just two plates close to each other, separated by an insulator on one side, and connected by a wire from the other. One of the plates will have an excess of electrons, the other -- lack. The lack of electrons on one of the plates (+) creates an electric field which spreads through the wire to the other plate. The electrons inside the wire and on the other plate will start moving toward the source of the field, until there are enough electrons on the (+) plate. How does voltage come into play if the above is correct? It clearly isn't needed to describe the cause of electron current..