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ELI5: Why aren't electrical prongs hot when they're removed from an outlet?

If high amounts of energy are being conducted through these prongs, shouldn't prongs be glowing hot when they're removed?
gpt
Heating occurs when there's a significant amount of resistance.

Significant resistance can occur if the material you're using is a poor conductor, or if you're using a conductor that's physically too small.

In the case of the prongs of a plug, they're both made of metal (good conductor) and fairly large in size. Therefore, there's no major resistance, and they don't heat up noticably.