I’ve just watched an old tv show where the main character is tortured in someone’s basement with a live wire. The current is obviously flowing from the wire, through him and into the ground. Why does this not cause the fuse to blow?
I think this is probably just an error on their part, but I’m kinda curious now if that’s actually correct or not. I’m tempted to steal the idea for a book I’m writing but I’d need to know first whether or not that’s a valid method of torturing someone (never thought I’d find myself writing that sentence 😆).
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A modern domestic electrical setup in a country with proper safety standards (I exclude the USA from that) would have RCDs which would trip. Historically just fuses were used which wouldn’t necessarily. After all your body has resistance and so limits the current to some finite value.
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