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This usually only happens on primary poles. The secondary does not have a high enough potential to make the jump to ground. The primary insulators have a crack in them and the high voltage is tracking across the crack to the pole and then to ground. If you have less resistance than the pole to ground where you touch it, you will feel a slight tingle.

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Water can be a conductor of electricity if it has any kind of salt or ionic compound dissolved in it. Very pure water is a poor conductor. But remember, since human sweat does contain salt, if you personally are touching water, you are also increasing its conductivity yourself.

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Because rain water is impure,impurities are present in rain water it allows the current to flow through electric pole,that's why we get current during rain

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rain water contains acids and salts. these compound make it electrolyte. that is why electric shock is felt by the people from the electric poles during or after the rain.

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