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On 17/04/2018 20:27, Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp wrote:
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 08:44:05 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 17/04/18 07:49, charles wrote:
In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:
"A live wire is a wire with current flowing through it.

a live wire is still live when there is no load on the circuit.

Well exactly...


No,
With no load it is neither alive nor dead.


Your statement does not agree with the accepted use of the term "live"
in the UK wiring regs.

(that's aside from being nonsense at pretty much any level).



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John.

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