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Does the short circuit mean the electricity takes a shorter course?
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Electricity is lazy by nature & it will always find the path of least resistance. Many times this path is also the shortest distance path from a positive charge to a negative charge, but not necessarily, it must also be the least resistive path. Typically, a short circuit is a case where a piece of metal connects two points of different voltage potential together, thus bypassing the rest of the circuit and creating a "short" in the circuit.
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Occurs when electricity takes a new path that is shorter than normal?
When electricity takes a new path that is shorter than normal or in the electrical trade it is know as, current taking the path of least resistance, it is known as a short circuit.
What does it mean for an elctrical circuit to have a short?
This is simple. A short indicates that there is a wire that is touching someplace that its not supposed to. That path of the electricity is off course and can cause shock if not repaired.
Why bulb not glows when circuit shorts?
There is a concept that one must understand when working with electricity; "electrical current will always take the path of least resistance." Many people don't understand the difference between a "short" circuit and an "open" circuit. An open circuit is when there is effectively no return path from the electrical source back. It's like when a light switch is turned off and the light isn't on. A SHORT circuit would be when the light switch is turned on but another wire is across the same wire pair, resulting in an effectively shorter path between the conductors of the power source. The electrical current then takes the path of least resistance, leaving no electrical current for the bulb. Naturally, there is that gray area between a short circuit and an open circuit, that's where things run properly... in general.
Difference between open and short circuit?
An open circuit has a break in it somewhere, so the circuit is not complete and electricity cannot flow. When you power off a light, for example, with an on/off switch, you open the circuit, turning off the light as desired. When there is an unwanted open circuit, for example from a damaged wire, the device or system is unpowered and cannot operate. A short circuit has some unwanted contact between points at different voltage levels, such as from hot to neutral or ground, or between positive and negative. When a short is in a circuit, electricity will take only that path of little or no resistance. The rest of the system is deprived of power, and the conductors feeding the point of the short will likely overheat or burn unless a fuse or breaker operates, creating now an open circuit.
Is a megohm a short circuit?
No. A short circuit would be zero ohms.
Occurs when electricity takes a new path that is shorter than normal?
When electricity takes a new path that is shorter than normal or in the electrical trade it is know as, current taking the path of least resistance, it is known as a short circuit.
What does it mean for an elctrical circuit to have a short?
This is simple. A short indicates that there is a wire that is touching someplace that its not supposed to. That path of the electricity is off course and can cause shock if not repaired.
What is the difference in an open circuit and a short circuit?
an open circuit is a circuit that does not complete the circle. an open circuit does not do the job as the electricity stands still a short circuit is a circuit that wires have crossed and the electricity takes the shortest path. and does not complete all of the points on the circuit
What is the term used for a circuit path that is shorter than its intended path?
short circuit
What is the purposes of eletricity?
In short, it completes the circuit, and facilitates the flow of electricity through the circuit.
What is used to prevent the flow of electricity?
A switch. Insulation keeps the electricity from a short circuit.
When electricity takes the easy path what type of circuit is involved?
Electricity takes the path of least resistance. When the electricity travels outside of the circuit, rather than through it, it is called a short circuit.
What happens when water and electricity go together?
short circuit
Is a short circuit the easiest path for electricity to follow?
yes short circuit is easiest path for current to flow because it has low resistence.
Why a short circuit happen?
Presumably, the current follows a path (a circuit) to do whatever it was "made" to do. If water, for instance, enters the circuit, a shorter path may develop, and the current will (partially) take the short circuit. Or a wire could become lose and short circuit the intended path.
What occurs when eletricity takes a new path that is shorter than normal?
Short Circuit
Short circuits are dangerous because?
electricity always "wants" to take the easiest route, this is the route with the least resistance, this is why an insulator does not conduct electricity, it takes to much force for the electricity to travel through. a short circuit is when the easiest route is the wrong route i.e. the body of a lamp rather than the wiring of the lamp. the danger of a short circuit is dependent on the voltage and current of the electricity.
