What is short circuit?

Question

short circuit?

Answer 1

A short circuit is created when a point between loads of a circuit makes contact with ground.

Answer 2

it is an unintentional low resistance point in a circuit that causes electrons to flow through it and it could create a fire

Answer 3

Its when a circuit does not complete or is short of completing usually its caused by a broken or disconnected wire, for example if you partially unplugged a toaster to where it didn't work or would work intermittently that would be a short circuit, also if you bent the wire back and forth until the inside broke that would also be a short.

Answer 4

An unintentional or unwanted connection between two points in a circuit.

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Answer 5

A short circuit (sometimes abbreviated to short or s/c) allows a current along a different path from the one intended. The electrical opposite of a short circuit is an "open circuit", which is an infinite resistance between two nodes. It is common to misuse "short circuit" to describe any electrical malfunction, regardless of the actual problem.

A short circuit is an accidental low-resistance connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit that are meant to be at different voltages. This results in an excessive electric current (overcurrent) limited only by the Thevenin equivalent resistance of the rest of the network and potentially causes circuit damage, overheating, fire or explosion. Although usually the result of a fault, there are cases where short circuits are caused intentionally, for example, for the purpose of voltage-sensing crowbar circuit protectors.

In circuit analysis, the term short circuit is used by analogy to designate a zero-impedance connection between two nodes. This forces the two nodes to be at the same voltage. In an ideal short circuit, this means there is no resistance and no voltage drop across the short. In simple circuit analysis, wires are considered to be shorts. In real circuits, the result is a connection of nearly zero impedance, and almost no resistance. In such a case, the current drawn is limited by the rest of the circuit.

Answer 6

an unintended electrical path to ground interrupts the circuit, thus

shorting the circuit.