[Jewelry making - Article 00469] - Re: [Orchid] Electrical question

[J&N Holt]

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>       Now there is even more of an indicator your fuse box is not
>     properly grounded, Any tingling from water pipes should be regarded
>     as potential disaster and an increase in the consumption of power.
>     Doesn't the basic law of physics state that the more resistance,
>     the more pressure it takes to overcome and maintain? 

    Yes, you would have more power consumption, but only because you are
    leaking current. In an electrical circuit such as a house circuit
    the "Pressure" (voltage) is constant, in the U.S. , at 110 v. If the
    resistance also remains constant, the current flow will be constant.
    If you have a leakage (high resistance short circuit) however , you
    have created a lower overall circuit resistance and a corresponding
    increase in current flow. If  everything else in the circuit is shut
    off  you will still have a current flow through the short  , thereby
    wasting power. Although  AC is somewhat more complicated than DC,
    it's still Ohm's law. 

Jerry in Kodiak


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