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What's the scenario where current flows between two conductors that are not touching?0
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Mickey666 said:What's the scenario where current flows between two conductors that are not touching?If conductors are close but not touching there can still be current flow. There are no perfect conductors and no perfect insulators. So whilst air is an insulator if there is an insufficient air gap then current can still flow. The higher the voltage, the more likely this is to occur.Or other faults could have an impedance which isn't zero impedance, e.g. with what we used to call indirect contact (but now termed fault protection). Or consider a fault through an element.0
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No perfect insulators, agreed, though air is pretty good. Just as well really
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