How does water “burn” circuits

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I had a power bank sitting next to a tap, and my friend asked me to get it away from water, as the water could enter the power bank and potentially “burn” the insides of it. This got me into thinking how does water ruin circuits when the machine is not running at that moment.

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Water shorts circuits. Electricity flows through the conductor with the shortest distance and the least resistance. Water causes power transfers between circuits that were never supposed to interact. This creates a feedback loop in some cases and destroys the device.

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