so I have seen youtube videos of people using multimeters to test between live and neutral on a socket.
then i read this:
so is he just talking about a short in an appliance? what happens if you test between live and neutral say on a mains cable or on the consumer unit?
then i read this:
If you get a short-circuit between live and neutral in a power outlet, for example, the current that will flow will be immense. Without a fuse it could easily rise to thousands of amps. Now, although this would be inconvenient, oddly enough it probably wouldn't be all that dangerous, because the cable will simply melt right through in a fraction of a second and break the circuit. There would be an enormous bang and a puff of smoke and that would be the end of the problem
so is he just talking about a short in an appliance? what happens if you test between live and neutral say on a mains cable or on the consumer unit?