If one stands on a plastic chair and then somehow runs even 500,000 volt through themselves they wont get electrocuted as they are not grounded, the circuit is not closed.
BUT what i dont understand is where does this electricity go? If you touch the high voltage wire etc then that voltage will surely hit your body? I understand if you do the same but are standing on a metal floor the electricity will then be a closed circuit and go through your body..BUT as said where does it go when open?
Birds can sit on electric wires and not get electrocuted but how is this?
My AutoTech teacher explained it to us like this: electricity is lazy like you guys, it wont travel the distance if there’s nothing on the other side. Birds can sit on power lines because they’re insulated, the lines are insulated.
In seriousness though i understand how an insulator works in one way.
Such as if you have a metal screwdriver with a plastic handle, you are not gonna get electrocuted putting it in plug socket as the electricity wont travel through the plastic handle.
BUT if you put your finger in plug socket wet and have plastic shoes on then the electrical signal wont stop until it reaches your shoes right? By this time the electricity has passed through your body.
BUT people are saying the fact yo are wearing plastic shoes will prevent electric shock completely..BUT i dont get that fact…Ill illustrae my point
you see electricity stops as it hits plastic handle and boots, this is correct? But then electricity has still gone through body.
Its like there is no destination, there is no opposite or weaker charge area to attract the electricity so it has no reason to go through that body…There is no signal or pull from the other end to bring it into the body…So the electricity just bypass it.
Thats kinda cool and mad to think that one could like float in air and grab a power line no probs haha.
But if your finger was wet or something the electricty would then conduct through the water on your body?
