Birds can sit on high voltage wires because they do not provide a path for electricity to flow through the bird's body. The electricity follows the path of least resistance, which is the wire itself, and does not pass through the bird unless it touches another object that is grounded.
If the bird is not touching the ground or another conductor while sitting on the high voltage wire, it will not be shocked. This is due to the principle of equipotentiality, where the bird and the wire are at the same electrical potential.
This is due to the high voltage creating a potential difference between the wire and the bird, resulting in an electric shock if the bird provides a path for current flow. This can cause harm or be fatal to the bird, prompting it to fly away to avoid the dangerous situation.
Yes, the neutral wire in an electrical circuit does carry voltage, but it is typically close to 0 volts compared to the hot wire which carries the higher voltage.
The voltage of the neutral wire in an electrical circuit is typically close to zero volts.
In an electrical circuit, the neutral wire typically has a voltage of around 0 volts.
If the bird is not touching the ground or another conductor while sitting on the high voltage wire, it will not be shocked. This is due to the principle of equipotentiality, where the bird and the wire are at the same electrical potential.
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This is due to the high voltage creating a potential difference between the wire and the bird, resulting in an electric shock if the bird provides a path for current flow. This can cause harm or be fatal to the bird, prompting it to fly away to avoid the dangerous situation.
If they are grounded they get an electric shock or electrocuted. If they are not grounded or in simultaneous contact with the neutral wire, nothing. That's why birds can sit on a high voltage wire and survive; they are not grounded.
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yes, all conductors shall be insulated to the highest voltage utilised
The high voltage is between one wire and the other. From one point on the wire to another point on the same wire, the voltage is quite insignificant. As long as the birds don't touch both wires, nothing much will happen. The wire does not have a difference in voltage from foot to foot. The term "high voltage" refers from wire to ground. Electricity flows down a voltage gradient. There is no gradient of voltage between the feet.
It's the current flowing in a wire that causes it to overheat.
In low voltage wires, the insulation factor of the coating determines the wire's voltage rating. A wire coating of cross linked poly vinyl is used as an insulation. High voltage transmission wires uses no coating on the wire
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An animal such as a bird or rodent sitting on a "high tension wire" (electrical line) will not be shocked because it is not connected to a lower voltage, or ground. In order for electricity to flow there must be a difference in potential. (The scenes in movies where people fry when they are suspended in the air on high voltage grids are not in accordance with the laws of science-just as Superman could not really stop a speeding bullet or falling meteor.) If you-- a person-- touch the same wire while standing on the ground your body WILL provde a means of current flow as you are conectged to "ground"--which, by definition is low or no voltage. but if you are ONLY on the wire, and not the ground, same result. No current flow.
To get electric shock, the circuit must be completed and the subject who is in the path, or who becomes the path gets shock. When a bird sits on the wire, there is no closed path or circuit hence it does not shock. Same bird while sitting on the wire, and part of its body touches the earth or ground it then will get shock.