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Odlaw
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Hi all, I'm new here, hopefully I've posted this in the right section (it's not homework related).
Ive got a question that has been baffling me. I understand that current travels from high potential to lower potential, generally taking the easiest path (s/c path if it exists). However, from my understanding, for current to travel, as well as requiring a potential difference, there also needs to be a complete/closed circuit.
How is it then that if a single live wire were to connect to the ground, it would allow current to pass when the circuit is not complete?
I've tried to sketch this in a diagram to make it clearer.
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/6145/shockf.png
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Thank You
Ive got a question that has been baffling me. I understand that current travels from high potential to lower potential, generally taking the easiest path (s/c path if it exists). However, from my understanding, for current to travel, as well as requiring a potential difference, there also needs to be a complete/closed circuit.
How is it then that if a single live wire were to connect to the ground, it would allow current to pass when the circuit is not complete?
I've tried to sketch this in a diagram to make it clearer.
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/6145/shockf.png
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Thank You
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