Wasp spray can tells me “Dielectric breakdown voltage of 47,300 volts”. What are they trying to tell me?

Question

Wasp spray can tells me “Dielectric breakdown voltage of 47,300 volts”. What are they trying to tell me?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

Wasp spray is part of the standard kit of people who work on utility poles. 

 Dialectric breakdown voltage tells the worker the voltage of the wires they can safely use it on before they risk creating a short, or worse, a  ground fault with themselves in the path of the electricity.