Eli5 Why birds are able to stand on electricity cables
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>Eli5 Why birds are able to stand on electricity cables
Anyone with sufficient balancing skills is able to stand on a live overland cable.
A voltage is a potential **difference** between two points and someone or something touching one cable will have exactly one reference point – that cable. Therefore there can be no potential difference, no voltage. No voltage – no current – no effect whatsoever.
Now adding *another* reference point into the mix by also touching a different cable or a grounded structure would result in problems.
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