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Geney

Joined Apr 2, 2012

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May 27, 2012

• #1

Why does the person who touches a live wire get a shock even when after the wire is insulated?

 

strantor

Joined Oct 3, 2010

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May 27, 2012

• #2

they shouldn't if the wire is insulated. Perhaps you have wire with faulty insulation?

 

shortbus

Joined Sep 30, 2009

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May 27, 2012

• #3

Are you sure you haven't touched the "LooseWire"?


After you have been here a while you will get the joke.

 

paulktreg

Joined Jun 2, 2008

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May 27, 2012

• #4

Do you mean isolated and not insulated?

 

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Geney

Joined Apr 2, 2012

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May 28, 2012

• #5

yeah i actually heard thet one person died of catching a live wire.. i mean insulated wire.

 

crutschow

Joined Mar 14, 2008

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May 28, 2012

• #6

By definition, if it's insulated he couldn't have received a shock. So there must have been a break in the insulation or the insulation was not sufficient to block the voltage that allowed the current which electrocuted him

 

WBahn

Joined Mar 31, 2012

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May 28, 2012

• #7

What if the wire was intended for a low frequency but got shorted to a high-frequency, high-voltage supply? It might be possible for the conductor-insulator-hand to form a capacitor permitting enough AC current to flow to be fatal.