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Birds can sit on powerlines without being shocked because, in order to be shocked, your body needs to be touching both the powerline and the ground at the same time, so that there is a path for current to flow.
If birds sit on a powerline, they aren't touching the ground. This means that they will not be shocked.
Another explanation
To be electrocuted you not only need a point at which the electricity enters your body but also a point at which the electricity exits your body. Because the birds are only touching one wire there is no place for the electricity to exit, and this prevents them from getting electrocuted.
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Why don't birds get shock while they sit on electric transmission wires?
no they dont
Why do you need earthing in circuitry?
so that it has somewhere to go so if you are grounded on a wooden stool or something you wont get shocked or a more common sight if you've seen birds on a telephone wire they dont get shocked because the electricity would rather go to the ground them through them
How do you put in a cord without getting shocked?
How do you put in a cord without getting shocked? Well if you dont want to get shocked put your fingur away from the shocked part.
The alarm keeps coming on in my 1994 Grand Cherokee Jeep Limited how do you deactivate it permanently?
pop the hood and find a little cilinder with a little horn attached and take ouy all the wires (dont get shocked)
How come birds on electric wires dont get electrocuted?
For an electric current to pass through the bird's body, there must be a potential difference (voltage) across its legs. But its legs are connected to a very good conductor which means that the bird's legs must be at the same potential -no potential difference, no shock!
Magnetek universal motor that went bad mod jb1p018nv i called globle and they sent me a fasco mod b186457or d456 mine has 5 wires and the new one has 7 wires dont know how to wire can you?
The wiring diagram is on the tag on the new motor. The two additional wires are either for rotation reversal or it`s a dual voltage motor. If dual voltage you must determine what voltage you are using and follow the diagram to match the motor to it. If there are any unused motor leads they must be capped individually.
Why dont birds tip over when they sit on telephone wires?
birds have special tendons that allow them lock around the perch. With tendons located behind their ankle and in front of their knee, they weight of their body stretches the tendons so they lock around the perch
What is insulated rubber?
It is rubber that is around a electrical wire so you dont get shocked
Why do birds sit together on telephone lines?
For a start, most telephone wires are insulated and carry little or no electricity so, apart from falling off and hurting themselves, they won't get hurt on telephone wires. Really, you should have asked about why birds don't get hurt on overhead electrical wires. The answer is fairly simple really - to get electrocuted from those wires you need to complete the circuit, in this case touch the ground, for the electricity to surge through the body. Birds only sit on the wire and do not touch the ground, so they can't be electrocuted.
Do you have to mount antenna on roof?
you plug it in but dont get shocked like the tall black kid...:[
What does Let The Birds Fly mean?
it means dont try to change someone. let the birds be birds and do what birds do...
What birds can't walk?
birds can walk .. how do they start get ready to fly ? you dont see birds flying when its night time ? but some birds live on branches , but i dont think some birds cant walk .. i donno .. -MimiRules
