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DCS# 5H40.10NWU#  E-17Location:    
title: Force between current carrying wires
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Description:
   12 V marine batteries are shorted through braided cables with one switch.  A second switch reverses the current in one wire.   The wires hang under their own weight parallel to each other.  Oil is placed on the wires for a dramatic smoking effect.

Questions:
    How would you employ the right hand rule for magnetic fields around a wire and the right hand motor rule to determine the direction of the force on the wires?
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