▲ 509 ▼ Home renovations (lemmings.world) submitted 6 months ago by GreenDust@lemmings.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 118 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] socsa@piefed.social 21 points 6 months ago* (3 children) You definitely can. As in you can grab both terminals and not be injured. Source: am high level electrical engineer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 10 points 6 months ago (1 child) That's not a short, by definition. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 9 points 6 months ago (1 child) Isn't it? You're shorting the battery terminals by connecting them directly, it's just a shitty wire lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 child) The body is a resistor, limiting the fire of the system in the same way if a lamp would be in the circuit. A short is a circuit with ideally no impedance, there isn't an ideal circuit and one can debate how much resistance would invalidate the term 'short circuit' so both of you might be right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago Yeah I think closing the circuit might be more accurate than shorting it in this case. That’s how we referred to it when I was training to be an electrician. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Oh yeah? What level? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] credo@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (1 child) Two joints permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tomiant@piefed.social 4 points 6 months ago That's decently high ngl. permalink fedilink source parent [+] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 10 points 6 months ago (1 child) That's not a short, by definition. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 9 points 6 months ago (1 child) Isn't it? You're shorting the battery terminals by connecting them directly, it's just a shitty wire lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 child) The body is a resistor, limiting the fire of the system in the same way if a lamp would be in the circuit. A short is a circuit with ideally no impedance, there isn't an ideal circuit and one can debate how much resistance would invalidate the term 'short circuit' so both of you might be right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago Yeah I think closing the circuit might be more accurate than shorting it in this case. That’s how we referred to it when I was training to be an electrician. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 9 points 6 months ago (1 child) Isn't it? You're shorting the battery terminals by connecting them directly, it's just a shitty wire lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 child) The body is a resistor, limiting the fire of the system in the same way if a lamp would be in the circuit. A short is a circuit with ideally no impedance, there isn't an ideal circuit and one can debate how much resistance would invalidate the term 'short circuit' so both of you might be right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago Yeah I think closing the circuit might be more accurate than shorting it in this case. That’s how we referred to it when I was training to be an electrician. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 child) The body is a resistor, limiting the fire of the system in the same way if a lamp would be in the circuit. A short is a circuit with ideally no impedance, there isn't an ideal circuit and one can debate how much resistance would invalidate the term 'short circuit' so both of you might be right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago Yeah I think closing the circuit might be more accurate than shorting it in this case. That’s how we referred to it when I was training to be an electrician. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago Yeah I think closing the circuit might be more accurate than shorting it in this case. That’s how we referred to it when I was training to be an electrician. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Oh yeah? What level? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] credo@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (1 child) Two joints permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tomiant@piefed.social 4 points 6 months ago That's decently high ngl. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] credo@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (1 child) Two joints permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tomiant@piefed.social 4 points 6 months ago That's decently high ngl. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 4 points 6 months ago That's decently high ngl. permalink fedilink source parent
