Timeline for Short Circuit Fires
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| Nov 1, 2015 at 11:54 | comment | added | lightweaver | @jinawee What causes the energy of the current to be transformed into thermal energy within the wire, though? I get that heat is not dissipated to the surroundings, but what’s the mechanism for the transformation to thermal energy of the circuit’s electrical energy? | |
| Nov 1, 2015 at 11:48 | answer | added | Anubhav Goel | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 1, 2015 at 11:38 | comment | added | Anubhav Goel | you are wrong to say lower resistance means high power dissipation. connecting wires have negligible resistance but still power dissipation is very low. | |
| Nov 1, 2015 at 11:06 | comment | added | jinawee | Joules can be written as $P=V^2/R$, so the lower the resistance the higher the power dissipated. If the material can't dissipate the heat, it will get very hot and can burn. | |
| Nov 1, 2015 at 11:00 | history | asked | lightweaver | CC BY-SA 3.0 |