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Originally posted by MeltMan
Ah, but you forget, there is resistance in the wire which allows the current to flow. If there were a way to have a PERFECT no ohm load, then there would be nothing on the voltage.
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There is a chemical reaction occuring in the battery that produces a voltage. Simply connecting the 2 terminals of the battery (even with a perfect 0-ohm load) does not magically stop that chemical reaction and dispell the voltage. A 0-ohm load would fry things, not get rid of voltage. Of course, it would be virtually impossible to measure the fact that there is no voltage, because a 0-ohm load would short your volt-meter as well