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Why is it that birds sitting on a single power line don't get shocked but if they placed one foot on each of two lines the current would flow between their feet and they would receive a terrible shock?
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∙ 8y ago
Yes, if one power line has a sufficient voltage difference to the first power line, the bird can be electrocuted. Normally, a bird has both foot one wire only, which cannot complete an electical circuit. In that case no electricity can flow through the bird. It often happens that a large bird such as an eagle or condor have wingspans of eight feet or more, and can touch two different power lines at the same time. Many birds have been found dead from this form of electrocution. For this reason, many newer power lines have greater spacing than the eight to ten foot wingspan of large birds.
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∙ 16y ago
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Why don't you get shocked when you ride bumper cars?
In your seat you're insulated from the current.
How do you use shocked in a sentence?
Shock widened her eyes and made her sit down hard. The shock of seeing her father again almost overwhelmed the girl. If you touch an exposed wire, you could receive a severe electrical shock. He left the accident scene in a state of shock.
How do you use the word shocked in a sentence?
The town was shocked when they heard the news.The unexpected proposal shocked her at first.Because he didn't take proper precautions, he got shocked by the wires he was working on.
What is the antonym for the word shocked?
The word "shocked" can be defined as to be struck with fear or dread or consternation. Therefore, an antonym of the word "shocked" would be fearless or unafraid.
What is the antonym of surprise?
shocked or left in awe
How does george Lopez end?
it just ends. i was quite shocked, too ! terrible ending !
Enfant terrible in a sentence?
The enfant terrible of the fashion industry shocked spectators with his provocative and daring designs.
What advice did Truman receive to drop the bomb?
That Japan would be shocked into a quick surrender
Can the fluid between your joints evaporate when you get shocked?
Yes Indeed so you can be paralyzed if you get shocked too much.
How can you explain to a friend that Dog Shock Collars are Terrible No judgemental answers please?
How are they? Once they learn not to leave the area that they will get shocked if they leave they never get shocked again. Its not like they get shocked and abused every day, its just a few times when they are being trained and the shock startles them more than hurts them.
If any men hang to live conductor then will he experience shock?
You would not get shocked because you need to complete the circuit to allow current to flow. If you leaned a ladder against a transmission line you would get shocked because there is now a path for current to flow to ground.
Birds sitting on a single power line don't get shocked because there is no path for current to flow to the?
Ground
Why don't you get shocked when you ride bumper cars?
In your seat you're insulated from the current.
Why we don't get shock if we touch neutral wire..we need two wires to close circuit pH and n when circuit closes current will flow around the circuit and one wire gets shocked other not why?
We don't get shocked when we touch neutral and ground because neutral is grounded back at the distribution panel, so the effective voltage between neutral and ground is very low. It won't be zero, because there is current flowing on neutral, causing a voltage difference between the load and the distribution panel, but it is low enough, assuming there is no malfunction, to not cause a shock.In the case of touching hot and neutral, or hot and ground, you will get shocked because there is line voltage between hot and neutral, and because neutral and ground are connected together, there is also line voltage between hot and ground.Note, however, that connecting a load between hot and ground is a violation of the code and the intent of the design, because ground is not rated to carry current except in short term fault conditions - you must always connect a load between hot and neutral, or between hot and hot, as the case may be.
What was the reality of World War 1?
If you mean the difference between the propaganda and the reality, the Germans appear to have been most successful at this. It is said that when Germany was finally forced to surrender, that many of the German people were shocked as the impression they had was that they were winning. Both sides also tended to glamorize the terrible realities of the trenches as they did not wish to stifle recruitment.
Why crow are not affected by electric shock?
In order for something to be shocked it must have a path to ground. If the bird is setting on a power line it is not grounded so therefore it does not get shocked. If the crow were to spread its wings to fly and get between two phases then it would be shocked because it would basically become a buss bar between two of the three phases.
What cause electrical shock volts or amps?
They both do. Voltage is a measure of electrical pressure. Amperage is a measure of electrical flow (current) (amount of electricity flowing). High voltage by itself will not kill you but will leave a nasty taste in your mouth. At the right pressure your heart can be stopped though by a single amp.
