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Warl0k3@lemmy.world 6 hours agoNo, 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).
Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
Shorts are unintended low impedance paths.
Sure, there is technically current flowing, but it is small enough to be considered an open circuit for engineering purposes. There is leakage current for every insulator, we don’t call it a short.