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How does short circuit happen?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The result is that the hot wire comes in contact with the neutral wire or ground. This can happen by a mechanical accident, current arcing over an air gap, a conducting liquid that provides a path from hot to ground or perhaps a person mistakenly creating a path between the hot and ground with his/her body or a tool of some sort.

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