Semantics.
If it goes 'bang' and causes me to claw the ceiling, then that's close
enough to shorted for me, although in the heat of the moment I might
choose expletives over adjectives...
73,
Jim, N7CXI
Bill, W6WRT wrote:
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:01:58 -0600, "Danny Pease" <dpease@adams.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Shorted is relative. If you can measure low enough, there is no such thing
>> as a short. A piece of wire is usually considered a short, but we all know
>> it has some values of resistance. A few ohms compared to a several hundred
>> thousand or even millions, is a short.
>
> REPLY:
>
> Correct, in the theoretical sense.
>
> In the practical sense, anyone who has been troubleshooting long
> knows the difference between a shorted part and one that is leaky, and
> that is the sense in which I was speaking.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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