I'm reading the book on DC at this site and I'm on the electrical safety chapter and I'm confused on the following diagram:
If the switches are both closed (eg. the circuit is "active" and current is flowing) and the shorting wire is installed, then don't we have a parallel circuit? (eg. current will be flowing through the load and through the shorting wire)
...or am I mistaken? I keep remember hearing about "the path of least resistance" and I'm wondering if this is true with the above diagram.
Would current not flow through the load because it has higher resistance than the shorting wire?
If the switches are both closed (eg. the circuit is "active" and current is flowing) and the shorting wire is installed, then don't we have a parallel circuit? (eg. current will be flowing through the load and through the shorting wire)
...or am I mistaken? I keep remember hearing about "the path of least resistance" and I'm wondering if this is true with the above diagram.
Would current not flow through the load because it has higher resistance than the shorting wire?