There has been so much flooding recently, and Im just wondering about how if a house floods, or any other building floods, how are people even able to stand in that water and not be electrocuted?
Aren’t plugs and outlets and such covered in water and therefore making that a really big possibility?
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Electricity takes the path of least resistance. Human bodies have more resistance than water. So if somebody jumps in to an energized pool, they likely won’t be affected. If they step in to the pool, they may complete a circuit and become the path of least resistance.
In theory, so long as you’re not completing a circuit, you can hold bare-energized wire and not get a shock.
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