What is meant by dead short?

Question

What is meant by dead short?

Answer 1

current going strait to ground

Answer 2

*Dead Short (no resistance to electrical flow) .

-A dead short is when an electrical circuit has zero resistance. This can result from the "hot" electric feed coming in contact with a metal object, like a metal outlet box or with the ground or neutral wire. Your initial sign that you may have a dead short will be a tripped breaker.

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Answer 3

Very short