In article , Richard J Kinch wrote:
Doug Miller writes:

Right, but the two conductors are still DEAD SHORTED TO EACH OTHER.

No, they're not. They're connected in parallel. It's not the same
thing at all.

My definition of "shorted" is an unintentional low-impedance connection.
Dunno what yours is.

Mine is "an unintentional low-impedance connection between an ungrounded
circuit conductor and something that is grounded".


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