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In Reply to: Re: on outlets posted by Tim Adams on October 25, 2001 at 15:46:53:
***current always favors the path of least resistance in the case the plated surface of the connector.If you looked at the current distribution through the conductor cross-section, you would see plenty of current going through the brass body.
The current doesn't just flow through the silver layer in this example. It flows through the whole things. That silver layer may be thin enough to be completely inconsequential.
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