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I was thinking shades of grey regarding this. So I looked it up (so could you). Turns out the definition makes a lot of sense.If you connect the two terminal of a battery with a very low resistance that makes a short circuit, what is ..?
the lowest resistance that would not make a short circuit?
wikipedia said:A short circuit (sometimes abbreviated to short or s/c) allows a current along a different path from the one intended. The electrical opposite of a short circuit is an "open circuit", which is an infinite resistance between two nodes. It is common to misuse "short circuit" to describe any electrical malfunction, regardless of the actual problem.
That sounds arbitrary. I like the Wikipedia definition that 3v0 posted.what about: a short circuit is if the resistance form pole to pole of the power source is lower than the source its internal resistance.
Robert-Jan
If you connect the two terminal of a battery with a very low resistance that makes a short circuit, what is ..?
the lowest resistance that would not make a short circuit?
I have seen shorts on PC boards that were not "the lowest resistance possible".It is the lowest resistance possible, in a circuit were the battery, resistor or the fuse don't blow! (don't take this literally, the battery might not "blow")
That sounds arbitrary. I like the Wikipedia definition that 3v0 posted.
I have seen shorts on PC boards that were not "the lowest resistance possible".
As far as I'm concerned, there is only one definition of the term short circuit. It simply means an undesired electrical connection that compromises safety and/or causes the device/system to malfuction.
I'm with Hero999.
If it's not a short, is it a long?