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Why is dangerous to touch anything which works by electricity if your hands are dry?
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∙ 14y ago
The wet hands conduct electricity better than do dry hands. Water and electricity don't mix. All water, even distilled pure water will conduct electricity. This is because even pure water has some ionic content (H+ and OH- ions). Sweaty hands (salty) conduct electricity better than wet from the sink hands.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoLike anything that involves energy it is a good idea to treat electricity with respect. Some risktakers will handle bare electricity wires with wet hands. They are the ones that get a big shock with a bright blue flash. Only people who are trained to safely handle live electricity shpould be handling it.
Wiki User
∙ 15y agoYes Actually...the "wetter" your hands are, the more conductive (ability for electricity to flow) they become. Are you asking if dry hands create static electricity???
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Why it is dangerous to touch anythings which work by electricity if your hands are wet?
Because u can get electricuted
Why should you not touch electrical appliances with wet hands?
Water can conduct electricity ( if it is an electrolyte, as most tap water is) so you shouldn't touch electrical appliances with wet hands, or put them near water in case the water completes a circuit from the appliance, resulting in a live circuit. if you touch a live circuit that could result in electrocution.
How can you touch your nipples?
with your hands
It is dangerous to touch electrical switches with wet hands What may have dissolved in the water from sweaty skin which makes it a conducting solution?
Salts and other minerals. Pure water is not conductive.
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.
Why it is dangerous to touch anythings which work by electricity if your hands are wet?
Because u can get electricuted
What will happen if we handle electric equipments with wet hands?
Water is a good conductor of electricity. A person with wet hands touching electrical appliances get a shock.So it is dangerous to touch an electric appliance with wet hands.
What would happen if you touch an electric eel?
You would feel a shock. Electric eels' bodies generate electricity and can zap you. This can be dangerous if u pick them up with both hands
What are two things US flag should never touch?
It shouldn't touch anything but gloved hands
Why could a kite caught in a powerline is dangerous to try to retrieve?
If you touch the kite while you are in contact with the ground or anything touching the ground, like a ladder, electricity will travel from the power lines down the kite and into you, and you will be shocked.
Why is water use to generate electricity but give shock when you touch any appliances with wet hand?
Water is a cheap source of generating Electrical Energy, But touching any electrical appliance with a wet hands is very dangerous because water is a very good conductor. so yo may have shock if you touch.
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Its actually FREE! but the bottom not the top this is how you do it: just touch the screen with your hands! oh and you just touch it without activating anything.
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so that you don't get sick off of the germs that you pick up when you touch anything!!! it's very important to wash your hands when you are done doing anything!!
What happens if touch uranium mineral with bare hands?
Any problems for an accidental contact; but the inhalation of dust or the ingestion are dangerous.
What conducts electricity that isn't metal?
We all know metal is a conductor of electricity yes but surprisingly water also conducts electricity to! We know this because when you touch a socket or anything electrical we get electrocuted!
Why should you not touch electrical appliances with wet hands?
Water can conduct electricity ( if it is an electrolyte, as most tap water is) so you shouldn't touch electrical appliances with wet hands, or put them near water in case the water completes a circuit from the appliance, resulting in a live circuit. if you touch a live circuit that could result in electrocution.
Why would it be very dangerous to touch an overhead cable with a fishing rod?
because the electricity can travek through them and give you electric shocks that can kill you
