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What is the colour of the wire that can cause an electrical shock - white or black?
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∙ 12y ago
Black is hot, so if you grab the black wire and you are grounded the current will flow through you to ground.
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If the hot wire is energized, and is connected to a light or other piece of equipment that is "on", and the neutral does not travel back to the panel, wherever it is broken you can get shocked. In fact, this is a much more dangerous way to get shocked for 2 reasons: 1. Usually you are not expecting to get shocked from a neutral so often you treat it differently and less safely than you might the hot wire. 2. Since the electrical power travels through the load (the light or whatever) it is already limited way below the rating of the circuit breaker so it WILL NOT TRIP under normal circumstances on a fault of this kind. -- Sparkfighter
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