Static electricity SOLVED p4
I have dry skin (have to wet my finger to activate touch screen) but my wife gets sparks (!) as well. The issue did not exist in CA, where we used to live in higher humidity area and was lesser issu...
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Harvard wrote:Actually that's the exact opposite of the quoted statement, since it shows that a non-grounded object will not be shocked. The quoted statement says that a non-grounded object will be shocked.MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
High voltage has it's own set of rules. Look at it this way after reading DrewE's excellent answer...
You can jump up into the air then touch a spark plug wire......SNAPPO!
Another example, a bird can safely land on a high voltage power line, as long as it does not come in contact with a second line or ground in the process.
