if you touch a wire and you’re not grounded, you wont get harmed, why?

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I understand why you get harmed if you’re grounded, you’re becoming part of the wire and the electricity is going from you to the earth. what I dont understand is, why the electricity doesnt harm you when youre not touching the ground, isnt it going through you either way? how does it not affect your body?

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It’s like me asking you to draw a circle with a pen but you only have enough ink to draw a half circle.

An electrical circuit is a circle much like a horse race around a track. The circuit must be complete in order to work. If there’s no ground or neutral return path then the circuit can’t be completed.

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