Obviously if we put live electricity in the sea, the whole ocean wouldn’t then become dangerous with it. At what point does the electricity stop? What stops it?
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Every time electricity moves, it uses a tiny amount of power to do so and will always move if there is room to do it. In water, it can move freely in any direction, so in other words, it can move A LOT.
With that in mind, the more power electricity has at its source, the further it will go, BUT, the further it goes from the source, the less power it has at its end.
So that means a big amount of power, will move further away then a small amount of power.
This concept is actually what grounding is, we use the earth (the wire connected to ground) to release unwanted power safely, so that components and people can continue to use their electronics if there is ever unwanted power that needs to be released.
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