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If You Were To Stick Something In Just The Ride Side Of An Outlet And Then Hold A Piece Of Metal In Your Other Hand Would You Get Shocked?
MattVorshaftgp6591
In the UK the right hand side of the outlet is the live. It wouldn't matter what you held in your other hand, your body would provide enough of an earth to give you quite a severe shock (at 240v).
Don't do it. It's very dangerous to put anything in a socket that wasn't designed for it.
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∙ 8y agoIf you are still here to read this, please stop messing around with electricity - it's dangerous!
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Why don't I get shocked when I put something in the hot side of the outlet and hold a piece of metal in my other hand?
Please switch the power off before doing anything with an electrical outlet. This is not something to take risks with. You get a shock when there is a complete conducting pathway from the live terminal through you to the earth. You have to be earthed.
Why am I not shocked if I stick something in the hot side of an outlet and hold a paperclip in the other hand?
Holding anything in the air with the other hand will have little relation to being grounded. It's what the rest of your body is doing, with relation to ground, that will affect you.What kind of something you have stuck in the socket and how conductive it is, will have more relation to whether you are shocked.
Can a 110v outlet be converted into a 220v outlet Or is there something I can purchase that will be less of a hassle than rewiring this is for a conventional oven?
This is a two part question. Can a 110v outlet be converted into a 220v outlet, yes it can. The other part of the question needs to be discussed.
What happens if you stick a knife into an outlet?
Warning - sticking any metal object into a power outlet can cause severe injury or death!An AC power outlet can short or ground out if a metal object touches or nears the contact blades inside. You could be electrocuted. Never place any object other than an intact, approved electrical plug into a power receptacle.
What are some other words for shocked?
Some other words for "shocked" are surprised, startled, stupefy and emotional disturbance.
Do you use Parallel circuit at homes and schools?
Every outlet in a home or a school is in parallel with every other outlet in the same home or school, and also very possibly with every outlet in several other buildings nearby. Every time you plug something into an outlet, you're connecting that thing in parallel with every other electrical thing that's plugged into any of those others.
What Other words for appalled?
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Abrasion is removing something or scraping. It can be of clothes, metal or any other thing.
How can you avoid getting shocked because of static electricity?
actually yes!... you can... although it will be consider a weird thing to do. Constantly be touching wood. Never, if you don't want to be shocked, touch metal without touching wood first. There are other ways to stop getting shocked by static electricity. One way is to put lotion on exposed skin areas. See the Related Link for more ideas.
What other words can you put for surprised?
SHOCKED or AMAZED!
When should you use an ungrounded outlet?
If the wiring system into which you are installing an outlet has no ground available, use an ungrounded outlet. In an ungrounded system, an outlet with a ground contact would allow the outlet user to mistakenly, and perhaps dangerously, assume that a ground was present. A suitable ground may be available as a ground wire accompanying the hot and neutral wires in the cable, or a ground may be available via conductive conduit and a metal outlet box. In any case, use a tester to confirm the integrity of the assumed ground. A voltage test from the hot wire to the ground should show the same voltage as between hot and neutral (the black and white wires respectively). If you are replacing an ungrounded outlet, you need not assume there is no ground present. You may find, in the box, ground wires that were not connected to the outlet. You may come across grounded outlets that have no ground wire attached because they rely on grounding via the mounting screws through the outlet ears to the metal box. This is a less reliable grounding method. It is better to buy a ground-wire "pigtail," fasten the wire directly to a hole in the metal box with the supplied screw, and attach the other end of the ground wire to the outlet via the outlet's ground screw.
