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A shunt is connected in parallel with an ammeter.

Any current applied to parallel devices will divide betwen them, so the ammeter will pass only a part of the total current.

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Why wouldn't the shunt resistor in the ammeter protect the ammeter when the ammeter is connected in parallel?

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