Norton Transform on a Wheatstone Bridge

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The discussion focuses on finding the Norton equivalent of an unbalanced Wheatstone bridge with the bridge resistor as the load. The user seeks a method to determine the Norton current directly without performing a Thevenin transformation first. The inquiry emphasizes the need for a straightforward approach to Nortonize the circuit from scratch, highlighting a gap in available resources or methods for this specific scenario.

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I have been trying to find the norton equivalent of a wheatstone bridge with the "bridge" resistor as a the load. The Bridge is unbalanced.

How do i find the current through the load when it is shorted to find the norton current?
It seems easy , but i haven't found any ways of doing it.

I don't want to do a thevenin transform and then nortonize it.
I'm interested in knowing how to nortonize it from scratch.

Any help ?
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