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minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoPlastic isn’t a conductor, so the current wouldn’t travel between the posts across the handle.
minus-squareCatsrules@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoMetal is a conductor and would get very hot in a dead short melting plastic.
minus-squaremeowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 months agoYes but it wouldn’t short because the current from one terminal would not travel across the plastic handle to the other
minus-squareCatsrules@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoI was making a joke using the metal handle and melting plastic, instead of using the plastic as the handle.
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
I was making a joke using the metal handle and melting plastic, instead of using the plastic as the handle.