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Short Circuit

Any damage to a circuit is classified as a short circuit.

There are three types of common failures that can occur in a circuit:

Open circuit - break in the path of current flow
Short to ground - circuit grounded before load
Short to power - circuit path is exposed to another source voltage

Fig 1: Short Circuit Diagram

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