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    5 months ago

    Metal is a conductor and would get very hot in a dead short melting plastic.

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      5 months ago

      Yes but it wouldn’t short because the current from one terminal would not travel across the plastic handle to the other

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        5 months ago

        I was making a joke using the metal handle and melting plastic, instead of using the plastic as the handle.