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<blockquote data-quote="Apache" data-source="post: 31889" data-attributes="member: 828"><p>Just to be 100% accurate - a high current generates heat when passed through a resistor, anything the current passes through is a resistor - even the cable.</p><p></p><p>The science - when a greater current is flowing there are more electrons been exchanged (or excited) in the same area. The more electrons moving the more electrons collide and it is these collisions that change the electrical energy into thermal energy.</p><p></p><p>High resistance doen't cause heat in itself - only when current passing through! I know what I mean, but can see how I phrased it badly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Apache, post: 31889, member: 828"] Just to be 100% accurate - a high current generates heat when passed through a resistor, anything the current passes through is a resistor - even the cable. The science - when a greater current is flowing there are more electrons been exchanged (or excited) in the same area. The more electrons moving the more electrons collide and it is these collisions that change the electrical energy into thermal energy. High resistance doen't cause heat in itself - only when current passing through! I know what I mean, but can see how I phrased it badly. [/QUOTE]
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