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minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIf it’s plastic, then it’s fine.
minus-squareSir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoA bit of copper would spice things up
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoPlastic isn’t a conductor, so the current wouldn’t travel between the posts across the handle.
minus-squareCatsrules@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoMetal is a conductor and would get very hot in a dead short melting plastic.
minus-squaremeowMix2525@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoYes but it wouldn’t short because the current from one terminal would not travel across the plastic handle to the other
If it’s plastic, then it’s fine.
A bit of copper would spice things up
It can melt plastic does that count?
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
better if it’s rubber