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Electric current does not "take" the path of least resistance.
Electric current *prefers* the path of least resistance.
As long as a closed loop exists and a voltage potential is put across it, Current. Will. Flow.
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Calyo Delphi on cohostElectric current does not "take" the path of least resistanceThis is such a common misconception about how electricity works that for many years it prevented me from being able to really progress in my own hobby. How in the hell could I design a circuit with multiple parallel paths of differing resistances if electricity always and only takes the path of least resistance?
The truth of the matter is this:
1. If a closed, conductive path or circuit exists
2. And a voltage potential is put across the circuit
3. Current. Will. Flow.
It does not matter whether you have a megohm Equivalent Series Resistance in parallel with a one-ohm ESR.
Current WILL flow through both paths, at a rate directly proportional to the voltage across the load and inversely proportional the load itself, in accordance with Ohm's Law: IR=V
You can then calculate the power dissipated by the load in accordance with... the other half of Ohm's Law: IV=P
Electric current does not take the path of least resistance.
The truth of electricity is this:
ELECTRIC CURRENT PREFERS THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE.
Have fun wrangling those pixies. :3