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?
In: Physics
If there’s no current then the electricity isn’t going through you. You would still charge up to that potential and your hair would stand on end etc but there’d be no resistive heating (current squared times resistance) therefore no burns.
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