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What happens when you touch the negative battery cable to the positive battery cable?
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∙ 12y ago
current flows from the negative to the positive cable and back into the battery cells, recombining with the element depleted of electrons that are flowing out the negative cable. The process is not 100% efficient and the battery will eventually cease producing current.
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