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Short circuit

A short circuit (sometimes abbreviated to "short" or "s/c") is an electrical circuit that allows an electric current to travel along an unintended path with no or very low electrical impedance. This results in an excessive current flowing through the circuit.

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Short circuit

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples28
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

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Short circuit

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related to External links · 6
Short circuit → Media, Short, The Circuit Detective, US/Canadian Homes, Wikimedia CommonsTroubleshooting Strategy, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Protection · 5
Short circuit → An, Circuits, Damage, Overload, Wire
related to Damage · 4
Short circuit → An, In, Such, Within
related to Definition · 4
Short circuit → Although, In, This, Thévenin
related to Related concepts · 3
Short circuit → An, If, In
is a · 2
Short circuit → abnormal connection between two nodes of an electric circuit intended to be at different voltages, open circuit
related to Examples · 2
Short circuit → Overloaded, With
see also · 2
Short circuit → Annealing, Electronics

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short circuit current circuits resistance high protection cause electric two impedance damage fault connection arc electrical result terminals even may

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Short circuitis aopen circuit0.90text
Short circuitis aabnormal connection between two nodes of an electric circuit intended to be at different voltages0.90text
Short circuitrelated to DamageWithin0.60section
Short circuitrelated to DamageIn0.60section
Short circuitrelated to DamageSuch0.60section
Short circuitrelated to DamageAn0.60section
Short circuitrelated to DefinitionThis0.60section
Short circuitrelated to DefinitionThévenin0.60section
Short circuitrelated to DefinitionAlthough0.60section
Short circuitrelated to DefinitionIn0.60section
Short circuitrelated to ExamplesWith0.60section
Short circuitrelated to ExamplesOverloaded0.60section

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