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minus-square@Anticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoPlastic isn’t a conductor, so the current wouldn’t travel between the posts across the handle.
minus-square@Catsrules@lemmy.mllinkfedilink0•1 year agoMetal is a conductor and would get very hot in a dead short melting plastic.
minus-square@meowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilink0•edit-21 year agoYes but it wouldn’t short because the current from one terminal would not travel across the plastic handle to the other
It can melt plastic does that count?
Plastic isn’t a conductor, so the current wouldn’t travel between the posts across the handle.
Metal is a conductor and would get very hot in a dead short melting plastic.
Yes but it wouldn’t short because the current from one terminal would not travel across the plastic handle to the other