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What happens when you connect the battery's negative side to the ground with a light bulb will it light up?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Nothing happens at all, unless there is a complete conducting path
back to the battery's positive side. Once you have that, current will
flow, and the light bulb may light up.
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∙ 12y ago
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