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selimthegrim
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Why is electricity so hard to understand? (1989)
Wires may not be hollow tubes but surely as a EE he knows that most current flows through the outer shell of the wire?
E: Yes, I was thinking standard AC for household appliances, my bad
andars
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This is not true for low frequency current.
marcosdumay
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What kind of current are you putting into them? And what kind of wires?
For DC, no it does not.
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E: Yes, I was thinking standard AC for household appliances, my bad