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Old 04-05-2014, 11:40 PM  
Nathan
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Originally Posted by Paully View Post
A copper sleeve would be like connecting pos to neg with a wire. When the circuit completes it must dissipate at the rate of the conductor/load allowed by the rate of the electrical source.
Right, just means it will get very hot. Depending on the direction of current, I just think (although I might be wrong, can not really wrap my head around the magnetic fields built) it might be shot off of the battery due to the two magnetic fields?

Might be completely wrong there though..
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