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Why are switches and electric sockets are made by using conductors?
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∙ 8y ago
They are made using both conductors and insulators: conductors where you do want the electricity to be able to flow and insulators where you want to prevent the electricity from flowing.
If they were made using just one or the other, they could not perform their intended functions.
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