2006-08-12 11:19:56 · 11 answers · asked by the joke myster 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
I give up!
2006-08-12 11:22:23 · answer #1 · answered by ♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♪♫♪♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♪♫♪♫♪♫♪ 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
LOL.
This amused me immensly.
electricity funny enough is very much like water.
Voltage can be likened to the pressure water is under.
Amp's is basically how much water you're talking about.
Hence a low current of .01 amps won't hurt you at 6volts. Like a drop of rain falling from the shower.
But .01amps at 500kilovolts (500,000v) will kill you stone dead. Like being hit by a drop of water travelling 5000 miles an hour.
In the case of electricity in the plug socket, when you switch it off you stop the voltage being applied (no push)
However when you screw a tap closed, the pressure is still there from the mains water supply. If you'd like to see it work the tun the tap off, then cut the mains supply. Once the pressure has dissapated in the system the tap will stop dripping. It's the mains water supply that forces the water around the washer that makes it drip.
2006-08-12 16:25:20 · answer #2 · answered by targetdummy2002 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe...just a thought...it drips out when the tap is turned off because electricity at the source is still working - this pressurizes the system resulting in the drip.
Now when the electricity is off, the system is no longer pressurized, so you don't notice the drip on your faucet.
2006-08-12 11:28:48 · answer #3 · answered by The ~Muffin~ Man 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cos you break the circuit when you turn off a switch and block the circuit when you turn off a tap. If you have worn washers in your tap it will leak.
2006-08-12 11:22:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Water will happily flow whereever it can. It needs no pipe or other device to flow through. Electricity needs a conductor to flow through. There are exceptions to this. It can happen if you have enough voltage to jump the air gap from one conductor to another, or to overcome the resistance of a very poor conductor (think lightning). Any electric spark or arc would be the equivalent of the dripping faucet.
2006-08-13 07:57:27 · answer #5 · answered by wires 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because when there is no electricity to the pump it doesn't create pressure in the system. No pressure, no leak.
2006-08-12 11:28:46 · answer #6 · answered by teashy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What makes you so sure it doesn't? I know for a fact that every time you turn off a switch, the electrons are running amok desperately looking for earth. I advise not getting in their way. Nuff said!
2006-08-12 21:31:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
water and electicity is bad...very bad
change the washer on your tap.
and make shure your wallswitch plate is tight
2006-08-16 01:57:38 · answer #8 · answered by Paul J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my tap still drips when i shut off the lites.
2006-08-12 11:23:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
when you stop the power, it stops BANG! like that.. there is still water in the pipes.. which will drip out...
2006-08-13 00:01:05 · answer #10 · answered by paulrb8 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Look at the name people!!!
This is a crap joke BTW!
2006-08-13 22:02:12 · answer #11 · answered by Manicsloth 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋