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When insulation failure produces a low resistance current path between two conductors, the result is an electrical fault. What is this fault condition known as?

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When insulation failure produces a low resistance current path between two conductors, the result is an electrical fault. What is this fault condition known as?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Difference between a fault where current cannot flow vs. a fault where current finds an unintended easy path • How damaged insulation affects the path of current between two conductors • Basic definitions of open, short circuit, ground, and surge in DC/AC systems

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• Ask yourself: if resistance becomes very low between two conductors that should be separated, does current increase or stop? • Which term describes two conductors being effectively connected together with almost no resistance due to insulation failure? • Which option usually involves the circuit being interrupted, and which involves an unintended direct path?

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• Be clear on the difference between current path broken vs unintended low‑resistance path created • Recall that a ground fault usually involves a conductor and the ship’s structure/earth, not two conductors to each other • Remember a surge is typically a sudden increase in voltage, not simply damaged insulation between conductors

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When insulation failure produces a low resistance current path between two conductors, the result is an electrical fault. What is this fault condition known as?

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When insulation failure produces a low resistance current path between two conductors, the result is an electrical fault. What is this fault condition known as?

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