Background: For example, if a circuit has a potential difference of 100 volts and it is intended for the circuit to contain a 100 ohm resistance, then the wires carrying the current for this circuit will be designed for 1.0 amp. If that 100 ohm resistance is suddenly cut out of the circuit and only 0.10 ohm resistance remains, then the voltage will push 1000 amps of current through the circuit. This current overheats the wires and may damage the circuits or start a fire in the walls or the appliance. There are many possible causes of a short circuit, one possible cause could be something overheating, melting wires, and thereby fusing the circuit closed, bypassing the resistance. Another cause might be something damaging the insulation of a wire, allowing the incoming and grounds wires to touch. In any case, once the resistance is lost, the voltage pushes a huge amount of charge through the wires causing them to overheat.

Situation: Customers bought two types of electrical ovens, type A and type B. They were all happy at first but type B ovens started to short circuit.

Question: Which type of oven had more overheated wires?
Answer: type B

Situation: Customers bought two types of electrical ovens, type A and type B. They were all happy at first but type B ovens started to short circuit.

Question: Which type of oven had fewer overheated wires?
Answer: type A

Situation: Customers bought two types of electrical ovens, type A and type B. They were all happy at first but type B ovens started to short circuit.

Question: Which type of oven had fewer damaged circuits?
Answer: type A

Situation: Customers bought two types of electrical ovens, type A and type B. They were all happy at first but type B ovens started to short circuit.

Question: Which type of oven had more damaged circuits?
Answer: type B

Situation: Customers bought two types of electrical ovens, type A and type B. They were all happy at first but type B ovens started to short circuit.

Question: Which type of oven had more instances of voltage pushing a huge amount of charge through the wires?
Answer: type B

Situation: Customers bought two types of electrical ovens, type A and type B. They were all happy at first but type B ovens started to short circuit.

Question: Which type of oven had fewer instances of voltage pushing a huge amount of charge through the wires?
Answer: type A

Situation: Customers bought two types of electrical ovens, type A and type B. They were all happy at first but type B ovens started to short circuit.

Question: Which type of oven had fewer instances of wires overheating?
Answer: type A

Situation: Customers bought two types of electrical ovens, type A and type B. They were all happy at first but type B ovens started to short circuit.

Question: Which type of oven had more instances of wires overheating?
Answer: type B

Situation: Customers bought two types of electrical ovens, type A and type B. They were all happy at first but type B ovens started to short circuit.

Question: Which type of oven had more instances of incoming and grounds wires touching?
Answer: type B

Situation: Customers bought two types of electrical ovens, type A and type B. They were all happy at first but type B ovens started to short circuit.

Question: Which type of oven had fewer instances of incoming and grounds wires touching?
Answer: type A