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I meant contact both terminals at once with your bare hands.
But that won’t short circuit it is my point
Guys, GUYS! Calm down, you are all a bunch of nerds.
Okay, define nerd
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How do you mean?
A short circuit is when you provide a path for electricity to travel directly from A to B.
You can’t do this by touching the battery terminals because your dry skin won’t transmit the electicity. You’re just touching battery terminals.
If you hold a AA battery in between your finger and thumb, you’re also not short circuiting it. You’re just holding it by its terminals.
But if you hold an unfolded paperclip to both sides, you are shorting it.
As far as I know, there is not a large population using “short circuit” the way you were (just touching a battery terminals).
No, there is absolutely current flowing when you touch both terminals, it’s just an incredibly tiny amount. You can do the math yourself and see, it’s a basic application of Ohms law. The formula is (I=V/R).
asbestos@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
But that won’t short circuit it is my point
tomiant@piefed.social 5 hours ago
Guys, GUYS! Calm down, you are all a bunch of nerds.
credo@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Okay, define nerd
tomiant@piefed.social 4 hours ago
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Warl0k3@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
How do you mean?
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
A short circuit is when you provide a path for electricity to travel directly from A to B.
You can’t do this by touching the battery terminals because your dry skin won’t transmit the electicity. You’re just touching battery terminals.
If you hold a AA battery in between your finger and thumb, you’re also not short circuiting it. You’re just holding it by its terminals.
But if you hold an unfolded paperclip to both sides, you are shorting it.
As far as I know, there is not a large population using “short circuit” the way you were (just touching a battery terminals).
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
No, there is absolutely current flowing when you touch both terminals, it’s just an incredibly tiny amount. You can do the math yourself and see, it’s a basic application of Ohms law. The formula is (I=V/R).