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It's my understanding that in the diagram in the attached photograph, the multimeter reading the voltage across the contactor would read zero voltage because the current would bypass the multimeter because the multimeter is 20,000 Ohms of resistance. The contactor is almost zero Ohms of resistance. I understand that the current at the contactor will take the path of least resistance and bypass the 20,000 Ohm multimeter by going through the contactor. However, why, then, would the current not bypass the 50 Ohm resistor in the parallel circuit and just only go through the 10 Ohm resistor back to L2? It seems to me that the path of least resistance for the current from L1 to L2 would be from L1, through the closed contactor, and then through the 10 Ohm resistor, and then to L2.
If current will take the path of least resistance, why would the current not bypass the 50 Ohm resistor in the parallel circuit and just only go through the contactor and the 10 Ohm resistor back to L2?