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Explain what is short circuiting and overloading in an electric supply.

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Whenever live and neutral wires come in contact with each other $,$ the incident is called short circuiting $.$ In this case $,$ the resistance of a circuit decreases to a very small value $.$
The decreasing of resistance increases the current and results in short circuiting $.$

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