• expatriado@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    the path of least resistance for the current would be down one connected bolt, then around the top plate, and up the other battery connected bolt, never down the pole, so the ceiling/floor gets heated up, possibly burn

    note: those bolts must be supper long to go from ceiling to floor

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      17 days ago

      That’s why you connect it directly to main so it doesn’t require a closed loop to create a chemical reaction,.