Timeline for What exactly is a short circuit?
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| Dec 21, 2016 at 19:09 | comment | added | Cort Ammon | @Jasper Yes, there is that circuit breaker. I didn't know how deeply I wanted to get into that. If you put a 8AWG wire across a wall socket, you're right that the circuit breaker will trip first. If you put a 20AWG, it may melt before the circuit breaker trips. (see also: arc welding for dummies. And by that, I mean "dummies") | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 18:00 | comment | added | Jasper | With the wire across the wall socket, I'd expect the circuit breaker to be triggered. After all, that's what it's for... | |
| Dec 20, 2016 at 1:14 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | +1 for making the joke that I desperately wanted to make but couldn't without commenting or answering frivolously. | |
| Dec 19, 2016 at 18:44 | comment | added | Matthew Whited | youtube.com/watch?v=WjeptaI2T8E | |
| Dec 19, 2016 at 17:45 | comment | added | Passerby | @mrap short circuit is a set of 19 80s movies with the main character being a government kill bot that gained sentience and escapes. Funny movies. | |
| Dec 19, 2016 at 15:18 | history | edited | Cort Ammon | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 109 characters in body |
| Dec 19, 2016 at 8:47 | comment | added | Mołot | @MrAP It's main character from "Short Circuit" show. | |
| Dec 19, 2016 at 8:45 | comment | added | MrAP | Can you please explain the picture which you have given? | |
| Dec 19, 2016 at 7:27 | comment | added | user125002 | The robot shown is called "number five" or "Johnny 5". | |
| S Dec 19, 2016 at 3:54 | history | suggested | BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft | CC BY-SA 3.0 | I think a lot of younger readers won't get the reference |
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| Dec 18, 2016 at 22:07 | history | answered | Cort Ammon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |