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Re: Ooops!

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Originally posted by Nick Seidl
OK, so I learned the hard way that if current in amps equals potential in volts times resistance in ohms, and if resistance approaches zero, amps approaches infinity. In other words, I crossed a wire against the two posts of a robot battery, and found myself banned from anything electronic on the robot for 2 and a half years (still on parole four years later).
No wonder you're still on probation. If "current in amps equals potential in volts times resistance in ohms", then as resistance approached zero, current would also approach zero.
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