Here is a question, in my current across a plate experiment the path is never straight but forms an arc between the two points where the current enters and leaves. This is due to eddy currents being generated external to the path of conduction in the surrounding material.
I wonder. Did you try several different metallic plates at varying current levels? Do ferrous (magnetic) metals show results differently than non-ferrous (non-magnetic) metals? Good conductors vs. not so good conductors? Or does it make no difference at all? If those Eddy Currents you suspect are being formed what is it about DC Current Flow that would sustain them? If a current flow always follows the path of least resistance then why doesn't lightning follow a straight line?
There are Physical Reasons why. Electrical Discharge over any appreciable distance always deviates from a straight line unless in a Vacuum. Why do you think it is so? Earth's Magnetic Field? Something else? By the way, in 1960 I did observe a nearly straight line lightning bolt. It was about a quarter mile ahead of me as I was approaching a structure on a rural road in my car. The bolt wasn't particularly brilliant and strangely didn't produce a thunder clap. In fact I heard no noise at all. It wasn't raining at the time but it was overcast with rain in the forecast.
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