Why do some old wires (e.g. headphones, charging cables) work when put in some positions but not others?
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Wear, tear, and rust.
Electricity is finicky – if there is no good connection on the connector then it cannot flow. If the wire is severed, a gap in the circuit, it is referred as an open circuit. If the wire touches an alternate path to ground (that has less resistance) it is referred as a short (taking a short-cut around the circuitry)
Sometimes we can twist the cables just right that a good connection is made and then it works and other times it doesn’t connect correctly
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