# A question about electrical circuits and electric shock **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-Topic\ **Created:** [July 19, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939 "2016-07-19T22:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loqtrall](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/loqtrall/32/100975_2.png) [@Loqtrall](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Loqtrall)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/21 "2016-07-20T12:28:00Z")
> [@Honestly\_Jimmies](#): > > For what appears to be MS Paint, it isn’t half bad lol Nah, son - I made this on MS Paint last year. ![CUf0D8M.jpg](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/f/1/f1769a6d5217c8deaa78935e2a20a75db5f7ee06.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/battlebhoy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/22 "2016-07-20T12:40:00Z")
seems like u made the lines automatic things not drawn it by hand? ---
**Author:** ![Loqtrall](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/loqtrall/32/100975_2.png) [@Loqtrall](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Loqtrall)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/23 "2016-07-20T12:42:00Z")
> [@battlebhoy](#): > > seems like u made the lines automatic things not drawn it by hand? Nah. I do draw and have been artistically inclined my entire life - but I’m too cheap to buy a graphics tablet. All my MS Paint doodles are done using just a mouse and whatever tools are available on whatever iteration of MS Paint I’m using. ---
**Author:** ![DrVanNostrand1](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DrVanNostrand1](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/DrVanNostrand1)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/24 "2016-07-20T14:32:00Z")
> [@xRedKitty](#): > > > [@battlebhoy](#): > > > > 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 > > ![538.jpg](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/6/6/66556aef2f943ec52dd768001061a019f564e106.jpeg) yes ,he actually believes that ---
**Author:** ![DrVanNostrand1](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DrVanNostrand1](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/DrVanNostrand1)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/25 "2016-07-20T14:35:00Z")
he thinks he will survive this just by standing on a plastic chair [![Video: 500KV Substation arc.. Nice](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/f/6/f616347aaad02c032d2350c40c8f9fe2c2f26409.jpeg "500KV Substation arc.. Nice") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIkNY5xjy5k) ---
**Author:** ![battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/battlebhoy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/26 "2016-07-20T18:59:00Z")
if you were insulated well enough the current wouldnt flow thourgh u but it may be hot enough to burn you badly. THe power lines birds sit on can be 300-500, 000 volts and doesnt do them no damage… btw interesting fact lightning has 15 milllion volts and is 3x hotter than the sun.. ---
**Author:** ![wsupchris1222444](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/wsupchris1222444/32/104088_2.png) [@wsupchris1222444](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/wsupchris1222444)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/27 "2016-07-20T20:29:00Z")
> [@xRedKitty](#): > > > [@battlebhoy](#): > > > > 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 > > ![538.jpg](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/6/6/66556aef2f943ec52dd768001061a019f564e106.jpeg) do you even understand electricity? ---
**Author:** ![xRedKitty](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/xredkitty/32/108702_2.png) [@xRedKitty](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/xRedKitty)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/28 "2016-07-21T01:56:00Z")
> [@wsupchris1222444](#): > > > [@xRedKitty](#): > > > > > [@battlebhoy](#): > > > > > > 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 > > > > ![538.jpg](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/6/6/66556aef2f943ec52dd768001061a019f564e106.jpeg) > > do you even understand electricity? Do you understand any foreseeable situation where you would risking raising up your body to a potential of 500,000 volts to the point where even the slightest contact with a non-insulating material would turn you extra crispy? I’m glad the post quality didn’t change during my absence. ---
**Author:** ![battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/battlebhoy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/29 "2016-07-21T02:53:00Z")
yes thats possible BUT still the fact remains that in a controlled experiment it would seem that even 1million volt of electricty would not transfer to the human if he touches it whilst not grounded. Maybe at 1mil volts there will be crazy amounts of heat though so would burn your hands.. ---
**Author:** ![Gn3sda](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/gn3sda/32/108616_2.png) [@Gn3sda](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Gn3sda)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/30 "2016-07-21T03:18:00Z")
Not sure if trolling but I’ll bite. You are confusing voltage and current. Voltage is equitable to pressure and current to flow of water in a pipe. In order for water to flow there needs to be a pressure differential. Same for electrical current. There needs to be a voltage difference. Voltage on its own does not harm you (at least directly. High electromagnetic fields can arguably cause cancer.) Current is harmful and as low as milliamps flowing across your chest can cause you heart to stop beating. Birds do not get electrocuted standing on a line since they are raising their entire body to the same voltage potential. Voltage is always measured between two points. Bonus video: guys working on a live 500kV transmission line using faraday cage suit. [![Video: Extremely Dangerous job! High Power Line Worker](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/f/2/f2f965f42ed84d1e6dbcc665cb4c350097236055.jpeg "Extremely Dangerous job! High Power Line Worker") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGoaXZwFlJ4) ---
**Author:** ![battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/battlebhoy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/31 "2016-07-21T09:03:00Z")
whats he doing when he puts metal rod on the wires ---
**Author:** ![Gn3sda](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/gn3sda/32/108616_2.png) [@Gn3sda](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Gn3sda)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/32 "2016-07-21T13:18:00Z")
Charging rod. Think of it as static electricity. They are raising themselves to the same potential. ---
**Author:** ![battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/battlebhoy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/33 "2016-07-21T16:28:00Z")
So the rod then makes the suit they are wearing become 500,000 volts also? IM so confused now in a way…I just assume 500,000 volts so powerful can kill you but its not voltage that kills you only differences? So if you turned into superman and where flying in air you could just grab on and swing on powerlines anytime, anywhere haha… However, electric fields could kill/harm you even if not grounded? What i dont get is heat though, surely when something has lot of voltage it also has heat? ---
**Author:** ![battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/battlebhoy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/34 "2016-07-21T16:29:00Z")
also how come if i raise my feet on carpet then place my hands above my head my hair raises to my hands? ---
**Author:** ![DrVanNostrand1](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DrVanNostrand1](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/DrVanNostrand1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/35 "2016-07-21T16:31:00Z")
> [@battlebhoy](#): > > So the rod then makes the suit they are wearing become 500,000 volts also? yes ---
**Author:** ![battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/battlebhoy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/36 "2016-07-21T16:58:00Z")
why is it safer to use rod rather than just grab the pole? whats the difference in effect? ---
**Author:** ![cleankiller9](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/cleankiller9/32/108594_2.png) [@cleankiller9](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/cleankiller9)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/37 "2016-07-21T17:18:00Z")
Birds can sit on non insulated wires and not get electrocuted so the whole it’s insulated thing is half true. ---
**Author:** ![meowpewpewmeow](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@meowpewpewmeow](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/meowpewpewmeow)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/38 "2016-07-21T20:39:00Z")
you may had insane voltage and negilible current and vice versa. static in human clothes sometimes goes to KV range, but nobody goes hurt, for example. ---
**Author:** ![battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@battlebhoy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/battlebhoy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/39 "2016-07-21T20:44:00Z")
there is minimal current with clothes static? ---
**Author:** ![DrVanNostrand1](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DrVanNostrand1](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/DrVanNostrand1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939/40 "2016-07-21T21:05:00Z")
> [@meowpewpewmeow](#): > > you may had insane voltage and negilible current and vice versa. > static in human clothes sometimes goes to KV range, but nobody goes hurt, for example. you guys should learn already,we don’t play with matches(you wet the bed at night),we don’t play with electricity.. even a lame car alternator could kill you [Previous page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939.md?page=1) [Next page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/a-question-about-electrical-circuits-and-electric-shock/108939.md?page=3)