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A coil is an electrical conductor such as a wire in the shape of a coil, spiral or helix. Coils are used in applications where electric currents interact with magnetic fields, in devices such as inductors, electromagnets, transformers, and sensor coils.

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Why don't electrons take the shorter path in coils?

Otherwise, you're absolutely right -- if the wire were really bare, the coil wouldn't work because the current could cut straight across from one lead to the other. …
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