1) Why would putting a paperclip in a 110 outlet burn your fingers and/or shock you? Isn't the resistance of your body and fingers very high compared to the resistance of the paperclip, and the short between the two terminals?
2) Why can power line techs wear thick gloves and boots made of insulator, to protect them from high-voltage lines? Won't the dielectric in the boots and gloves simply form a capacitor with the skin and wire as the plates?
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2) Why can power line techs wear thick gloves and boots made of insulator, to protect them from high-voltage lines? Won't the dielectric in the boots and gloves simply form a capacitor with the skin and wire as the plates?
Thanks