Was just thinking about it and wondered why current splits across both/all paths of a parallel circuit when the extra path is essentially a short circuit, and what is the difference between them?
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Even a short circuit doesn't have zero resistance (though it might be only a few milliohms), unless it's a superconducting material. The vast majority of current goes an ordinary short circuit, but a small amount still goes through the other parallel paths.
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you question doesn't really make sense
in a parallel circuit, if one path is a short then all current will go through that untill a fuse blows
or the power supply shuts down.
in a parallel circuit, if one path is a short then all current will go through that untill a fuse blows
or the power supply shuts down.