Originally Posted by
onehundred80
If you had just kept the explanation to 'shorts' the explanation would have been shorter.
If I stick my fingers on to a live wire I short the circuit.
If I drop a screwdriver onto an old live TV chassis I could short it out.
When something causes the power to go through another path I call it shorting the circuit.
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you get until you open it.
Let an electrician check your shorts! Actual advertisement for an electrician many years ago!
Ignorance is bliss, but ignorance of the law is no excuse.
Some helpful information (do not focus just on the first sentence in the link) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_circuit . Even at my age, I learn new things all the time.
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