an you produce high voltage in your body without getting an electric shock? How?
Asked by RameshChandraPanda
| 20th Jul, 2013,
10:10: PM
Expert Answer:
Absolutely. Have you ever walked on carpet in the winter time and receive a nasty shock from static electricity jumping from your hand to a metal doorknob? That is caused by a high electrical charge.
Did you ever see the film of a person touching a static electricity generator with their hair standing up and apart? That is because your body has a high electrical potential, relative to your surroundings.
When a bird lands on a bare electrical conductor, their body potential reaches the same potential as the wire.
Just a few examples.
However, you are not producing the potential difference, you are absorbing it. But, you have a high charge without getting shocked, as long as you don't ground yourself.
Did you ever see the film of a person touching a static electricity generator with their hair standing up and apart? That is because your body has a high electrical potential, relative to your surroundings.
When a bird lands on a bare electrical conductor, their body potential reaches the same potential as the wire.
Just a few examples.
However, you are not producing the potential difference, you are absorbing it. But, you have a high charge without getting shocked, as long as you don't ground yourself.
Answered by
| 21st Jul, 2013,
05:42: PM
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