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Why do you get electric shocks off everything metal in your granite kitchen?
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∙ 13y ago
There may be a couple of reasons for getting shocked by metal things in your kitchen, granite or not. Let's look at them.
One reason that an individual might get an electric shock from metal objects in a kitchen is a wiring fault. Only a competent professional electrician should evaluate this possibility. Further, it should be done soon, and for obvious reasons. A wiring fault (failure to provide an adequate ground or the translocation of a hot and neutral, for instance) could prove injurious -- or worse.
Static electricity is always a possibility. On humid days, static electricity cannot build a sufficient charge to make itself known. That does not, however, mean it is not being generated. Any time a person walks across a rug, static charges will move. On a dry day with the right kind of materials in the carpeting, you can get a nasty jolt when reaching for a metal object like a door knob. It might be that the flooring "conspires" with anyone passing over it to build a charge. Perhaps a de-ionizer can help the situation. An electrician should be able to help sort out this possibility as well.
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What does rubber soled shoes protect you from an electirc shocks?
Rubber soled shoes protect you from an electric shock is because they are insulators of electricity. Insulators are not conductors of electricity.they prevent you from getting electric shocked as current can't pass through them....(Not so sure.)
Which fish can give electric shock?
An electric eel. the action exhibit on them at the New York Aquarium is simulated- or faked, it is extremely difficult to get electrical conduction under water without shock hazards, false readings, etc. the (Show Go Round) adaptation with noisy sound effects and flashing tubes is more Showmanship than science. I happen to know this exhibit is faked, the Eels are real and dangerous enough/
Do electricity cables have 4 wires in them?
A four wire cable is one that has four wires in it. Usually a red, black, blue and a white wire. When talking about cables the ground wire is never counted because now a days all cable sets have ground wires in them and are sized to the capacity of the cable's ampacity.
Which species can conduct an electric current?
There are a number of species that utilize electricity in order to hunt their prey or to defend them selves. Electric eels living in freshwater are quite amazing and can give shocks of several hundred volts. Some flat fish living in Salt Water does also have this ability but their power is not comparable to that of the Electric eel. In fact all living species does conduct electricity one way or another. All brains in living creatures function by sending electric signals back and forth. When you read this, the light is interpreted by eyes and in turn transformed into an electric signal that is further processed by the brain. When you decide to type an answer here on WikiAnswer, it is electrical signals from your brain that makes your arms, hands and fingers move. Did you know that the Human Brain actually uses up approx 30% of all the energy provided by food :-) Most of which is transformed into electricity to keep our "computer" running.
Why must there be no gaps in an electric circuit for it to carry current?
Current travels through free electrons (These are present in most transitional metals and some allotropes of carbon (I.E. Graphite)), when there is a break in a circuit (No metal present) the current cannot travel the gap, unless it is of sufficient energy to "arc" through the air to connect the gap. However this will only occur if completing the circuit is the easiest and quickest way to ground itself (Hence why people get electric shocks, we, being made up of mostly water, conduct electricity better than air, so the current passes though us to ground).
Do Electric shocks affect the lungs?
Electric shocks can paralyze the respiratory system
How often do Electric shocks cause death?
Electric shocks cause death in 3-15% of cases
Does insulators keep us from electric shocks?
Insulator keep us from electric shocks because if we get shocked we will die.
Why do electric shocks happen?
Because you pee on an electric fence.
How can electric shocks be useful?
A Defibrillator
Do Electric shocks cause death?
Electric shocks can paralyze the respiratory system or disrupt heart action, causing instant death
What do you call a person who is addicted to electric shocks?
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He shock electric eel generate are these shocks fatal for an adult human being?
yes,an electric eel shocks are fatal for an adult human being
How many deaths come from Electric shocks?
Electric shocks are responsible for about 1,000 deaths in the United States each year, or about 1% of all accidental deaths
What does a insulator do in a circuit?
It protects us from electric shocks.
In what ways can electric shocks be useful?
If you are about to be tazered you will know.
What is insulator for?
they are useful to protect us from electric shocks.
