Questions tagged [shock]
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Feeling a tingling sensation by touching stuff, Is this safe?
I'm putting on my desktop computer on steel rack as usual. A while ago, when I touch the steel rack for seconds, practically I feel a tingling sensation, sort of electrical shock in my finders. After that I measured how voltage the steel rack has,…
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Electric shock - remedy an option?
Simultaneously touching my dishwasher (i.e. the aluminum coating on the inside) and my kitchen sink just gave me a rather unpleasant electric shock. Measuring the potential showed around 110v between the two. Shorting the connection, I measure…
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Why does one person get shocked?
I have a small snow machine that I purchased. It comes in a wooden box with metal, I assume aluminum or maybe stainless steel, trim around it. It connects directly to a standard 110vac power. Obviously there is liquid involved as well.
The…
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What causes a person to get 'blown across' the room in an electric shock?
Recently I came across this article of a man being 'catapulted' across the room: https://news.sky.com/story/desperate-man-was-dead-for-two-minutes-after-being-electrocuted-while-stealing-scrap-to-pay-bills-during-lockdown-12621745
This reminds me of…
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Is it the current that kills, or other factors?
Recently I got into an argument with my physics teacher over a simple subject, with this question - "What kills you, the current or the voltage?". I argue that it is the voltage that kills, not the current. His reasoning was that the size of the…
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Electrifying a cage for rodent problem
I have a rodent problem which traditional traps and various other measures have have not been able to solve. I want to try to electrify a metal cage which I have. I don't believe that is as simple as attaching the plus and negative of say a 6 or 9 V…
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Current flow though Pin of ups
I forgot to plug in my computer's ups(uninterruptible power supply) pin in socket.UPS was turned on.I accidentally touched the neutral pin.I got a electric shock.Why?
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Imagine this scenario? Would the person feel anything or be injured?
Imagine an individual touched a high voltage line (like a bird) without touching any ground. For sake of illustration, imagine that this high voltage line was at a 100 Exavolt potential.
Would the bird or person notice anything when they touched…
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Who is responsible for Electrical shocks, high current or high voltage?
An electrical shock may cause burns, or it may leave no visible mark on the skin. In either case, an electrical current or voltage passing through the body can cause internal damage, cardiac arrest or other injury. Under certain circumstances, even…
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220v ac to 12v dc with capacitive reactance geting shock
can any one tell me if I use capacitive reactance to drop voltage from 220v ac to 12v and then use bridge rectifier to get polarity, now output from the bridge rectifier can shock me with respect to the earthing. in simple word can get a shock from…
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