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the metal is a conducting metal and when this touches water it becomes the second conductor and so it sends an electrical surge to what ever is touching the water (you!).
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Can spiders get electrocuted?
Yes.
Why do electrical tools have insulating handles?
because if you touch a wire you might get electrocuted
When did wet wet wet break up what tear and what year did they get back together?
Wet wet wet split up in 1997 xx Emily
Can you get wet wearing wet suit?
Yes you get wet wearing a wet suit. Though it's a called a wet suit it's main properties are to keep you warmer and provided buoyancy
Is wet a common noun?
Yes, the noun 'wet' is a common noun, a general word for the moisture that dampens something.The word 'wet' is also a verb (wet, wets, wetting, wet) and an adjective (wet, wetter, wettest).
Why should you never handle electrical equpiment with wet hands?
maybe you will get electrocuted?
What happens if your hands are wet when you touch a charged object?
If your hands are wet when you touch a charged object, you will get an electric shock or electrocuted.
What happens when someone is electrocuted?
when you are wet the electric currents run through your body causing it to shut down everything in body in atleast 2mins.Then when you are not wet you fry in 5mins.
How did the horses die at newbury racecourse?
Thought to of been electrocuted by a wire underground, the grass was wet and they were wearing steel shoes.
Can wrestling singlets be used as swimwear?
Possibly but you have to dry it so youre thing is not wet
Does electrocuted always mean you die or can you just be harmed?
Many people have survived being electrocuted. The voltage, length of exposure, as well as whether or not the person was wet or standing in water at the time, etc., are determining factors involved as to whether or not the person survives.
Why should you not touch electricals appliances in use with wet hands?
If there's something wrong with the appliance its casing might carry a voltage, and as wet hands offers less resistance to elctricity it increases your risk of getting electrocuted.
What happens when an insulator gets wet?
It will get electrified. If you touch it, you will be electrocuted. Electricity travels well in water. Don't ever touch water with an electrical cable near.
What will happen if you wash youre hands in the toilet?
I wouldn't suggest it but if you did it you're hands wouldn't get clean. They'd get wet, but not clean.
Whats the difference between electric shock and electrocuted?
Electric shock is to electrocuted as burned is to cremated. Electric shock is the same as electrocuted, except that electrocuted has actually induced death; to kill by electric shock.
How do you use electrocuted in a sentence?
Neila was almost electrocuted when her crock pot shorted out.
How do you clean dogs eyes?
you get water and put it in the dogs eyes or tear drops are better and wash youre hands a lot until they are sanitized cmpletely then wet youre hands with the tear drops and then verry carefully touch the eyeball and rub a bit intill all the dirt sticks to youre finger
