> A shunt is just a very low value resistance. =A0I guess they
> call it a shunt instead of a resistor because it just looks like a piece =
of metal or
> wire instead of a black thing with writing or colored bands on it.

They got known as a shunt as they were wired directly across the moving coi=
l meter, and 'shunted' most of the current away from the meter coil ...


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