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You can be shocked because that the wire is passing electricity and that its moving around. Your body has electricity in them and when touched the electricity are moved and you get shocked
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoIf the wire is a line conductor, it is because it has a potential with respect to earth (ground), which means there will be a potential difference between your hand and your feet.
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What does it mean for an elctrical circuit to have a short?
This is simple. A short indicates that there is a wire that is touching someplace that its not supposed to. That path of the electricity is off course and can cause shock if not repaired.
Can you get a shock from a white wire?
YES the white wire can shock. There are a few reasons why it might: 1) the white wire is actually connected to a switch. When the installer connects the white wire from the switch to the light, the National Electric Code requires the white wire to be "hot", and to be marked to indicate that it is hot. Sometimes this doesn't happen. The problem comes later when Joe homeowner replaces the light fixture. He sees the white wire with a black mark or maybe not, and connects the white wire to all of the other white wires. When the switch is turned on, the black wire that he placed on the other side of the switch connects to the white wire and trips the breaker. When Mr. Homeowner checks it out, touching the white wire gives him a shock. 2) The white wire returns the current to the source of the circuit. When the white wire is shared with two circuits, It returns the current from both circuits to the panel. When someone (even a professional) turns off only one of the circuit breakers to these circuits, the white wire still carries the current from the second LIVE circuit. If the person is replacing a receptacle withonly one of these circuit breakersoff, he or she could touch the white wire (called an open neutral) and get a shock from the returning current from the second circuit.
Why can some birds land on high voltage lines without getting shocked and and some can't?
To get electric shock, the circuit must be completed and the subject who is in the path, or who becomes the path gets shock. When a bird sits on the wire, there is no closed path or circuit hence it does not shock. Same bird while sitting on the wire, and part of its body touches the earth or ground it then will get shock.
What happens if someone touches a high voltage wire?
If they are grounded they get an electric shock or electrocuted. If they are not grounded or in simultaneous contact with the neutral wire, nothing. That's why birds can sit on a high voltage wire and survive; they are not grounded.
What happens if you touch an exposed electrical wire?
If the wire is carrying an electrical current, and if the current has enough voltage, the current can leave the wire and pass through your body. This is painful, and can causes burns or death.
Will you get shock if you touch a bare wire connected to an outlet?
If your getting a shock by touching a wall than you have a bare wire touching the wall, call an electrition
Why laptop sometimes gives a shock?
It shocks you sometimes because you are touching the shock zone or there is a loose wire. My laptop does that to me.
Why are birds not shocked when standing on an electrical pole?
you have to be touching the gound and the wire for it to kill------- i mean shock you
Can you still wear headphones if the wire isn't fully covered?
You can't because if you plug your headphones into something and you are touching the wire without the covering it can kill you or shock you.
What type of shock comes from touching people?
Static shock si the kind of shock you get from touching other people.
Why is insulation required in case of metal wire?
Because of the risk of electric shock to people touching it ! It also guards against two wires touching each other - causing a short circuit.
Why sometimes get a shock on a cold day when touching a metal?
why sometimes get a shock on a cold day touching a metal
Why birds do not get electric current when they sit on electric wire?
In order for electricity to shock something it needs to be touching the ground. Electricity goes through the body and back into the ground. Since the crow is in no way touching the ground the electricity has no where to go and thus can not shock the crow. If you touch the wire and are not touching anything that conducts electricity (like metal) and are not touching the ground you will not get shocked either. But if you stand on the ground and touch the wire you will get shocked.
Gfi doesn't pop but touching on outside of trailer you get a shock?
Verify that the correct connections to the GFI are correct. It sounds like the ground wire is not connected.
Do you have to be touching the ground to conduct?
Not necessarily. You could touch the Neutral wire and hit a hot and get a shock. You could touch something that is grounded and then become a conductor that way.
What does it mean for an elctrical circuit to have a short?
This is simple. A short indicates that there is a wire that is touching someplace that its not supposed to. That path of the electricity is off course and can cause shock if not repaired.
What will happen to someone who is holding a live wire in the air and not touching the ground?
Nothing will happen , as the current always flows from higher potential to lower potential and if the person is touching only live wire then, there is no other path for the current to flow , but if the person touches the ground , the ground is at "0" potential, so, the current tries to flow from live wire to the ground via person , so the person gets shock in that case but not when a person is only touching the live wire and not the ground.
