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Re:‘That Girl Is Going to Get Herself Killed’ by 13of40 on Monday January 09, 2023 @01:47PM (#34314283)
No, I mean if the switch is closed...

  [hot wire]---[switch]---[load]---.
                                   |
  [neutral wire]-------------------+
                                   |
                               [person]
                                   |
                               [ground]
In this situation would the current "prefer" to go to neutral or to ground?

Edit: Or this one...

  [neutral wire]---[load]---[switch]---.
                                       |
  [hot wire]---------------------------+
                                       |
                                   [person]
                                       |
                                   [ground]
...where "load" is like a 20 watt LED bulb or something.
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Re:‘That Girl Is Going to Get Herself Killed’ by kragen on Monday January 09, 2023 @02:32PM (#34314844)
this is the wrong way to think about it; the current will prefer to flow through both paths, which is why you can have a 20-watt lightbulb and a 10-watt lightbulb on the same circuit

the parallel resistance is lower

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