Why does voltage go in one direction and not both?

Question

Hello I have this inverter circuit I made that is connected to a button when the button is on one led is on and the other is off and vice-versa.

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What should happen is that when the button is pressed voltage flow to one led AND to the transistor base, but it only goes to the transistor base. What am I doing wrong?

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Thanks for the help everyone but I found a solution ill post it for people with the same problem in the future. I used a resistor calculator I found on the web and changed R3 to 150 ohms, removed R5 and added a 330 ohm resistor before D1. Thanks for the help anyway!

Answer 1

^{simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab}

Here's how to draw the circuit.

• Positive rail at the top.
• Negative rail at the bottom.
• Current flow from top to bottom.
• Inputs on left.
• Outputs on right.

Power flow, logic and schema becomes much simpler.

Answer 2

What should happen is that when the button is pressed voltage flow to one led AND to the transistor base, but it only goes to the transistor base. What am I doing wrong?

All. Or better, the lack of a solid foundation of electrical engineering is the worst thing. Voltage don't flow! Current flow.