QUESTION: If i was to stick my finger in a plug socket how long would it take before my hair actually stands up on end?
All my life but Ive heard people say "Have you been sticking your finger in a plug socket again?"
Yeah..... AS IF I WOULD!
2006-08-14 08:53:11 · 13 answers · asked by Back Row Kiss 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Im might give it a go then... Just for the crack!
2006-08-14 09:22:06 · update #1
Seriously, I've electrocuted myself over a dozen times with 240Vac and a couple of times with110Vac. It (240) hurts like hell - the most painful 'pins and needles' you'll ever experience. So long as you are NOT 'earthed' and complete the circuit you are perfectly safe. (That's why birds can perch on high voltage lines).
To get a hair-raising experience you NEED a couple of thousand volts DC - ie. STATIC.
Synthetic clothing, nylon carpeting, van de graf, tv or monitor screen) a colour TV give off about 30kV!!
It is NOT the voltage that kills you, it's the current. Just a few milliamps (thousandths of an amp) can stop you heart.
2006-08-14 10:28:34 · answer #1 · answered by creviazuk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well yes it did happen to me once, not in a plug socket but as good as. A very old lamp socket had been lying around the place for years and I decided to dismantle it, to get a proper grip I placed my thumb right inside and with the other hand tried to pull off the old metal wire frame. I didnt realise it was plugged in. At first I didnt realise what was happening because it was weird and painful like an animal had grabbed hold of my hand, then wrist and up my arm to my shoulder, down one side of my body and down my leg. In those few seconds I couldnt let go but there was an almighty bang and the whole building lost lights. And I was released from the grip of it. My fingers were black and I shook so much I must have been a blur. Infront of me was a mirror and my hair actually was on end. Not bolt upright cos my hair was longer but definitely up straight and floating cos I had that much static in me. I had to go to quack for an ecg to check the heart rythmn wasnt buggered by it which can happen even after 24hours later. For the next few days I was discharging electricity and my hair really was floating upright for a while.
2006-08-14 09:09:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't. The ordinary socket in a home has alternating current and would not cause the phenomenon that you describe. To achieve the hair raising effect that you are asking about, you will need static electricity. An excellent source for static electricity sufficient to raise your hair would be a Van de Graff generator. How long it takes for your hair to stand up depends on the amount of electricity generated. A large generator will result in almost instantaneously raising your hair. If you want to try such an experiment, go talk to your local physics teacher.
2006-08-14 09:20:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I SPENT 23 DAYS HAVING PLASTIC SURGERY ON MY HAND FOR ALMOST THIS THING. THE AIR AROUND YOU MIGHT TURN BLUE BUT NO TRAILING HAIR.
BY THE WAY WHEN YOU BLOW A FUSE THE SURGE GOES BACK DOWN THE LINE TO THE POINT OF ORIGIN AND THAN BACK TO THE FUSE SOMETHING LIKE 0.003 SECONDS.
DON'T TEST THIS OUT AS IT IS REALLY EXPENSIVE BEING IN A BURNS UNIT AND THE LOSS OF MOVEMENT AND SCARRING ARE NOT NICE
2006-08-15 00:57:37 · answer #4 · answered by RAMSBOTTOM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't. Static causes hair to stand on end, you'd need the type of voltage generated by a Van de Graaff generator. You can get this from a balloon!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_de_Graaff_generator
2006-08-14 09:00:19 · answer #5 · answered by Publicist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the wrong kind of electricity. Static elect. is what stands your hair up.
AC, or alternating current elect. is what we have in wall sockets.
2006-08-14 08:57:57 · answer #6 · answered by wildbill05733 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most likely it will never stand on end I myself have been using my fingers to test wires to find out if they are hot I can tell you what will happen if you do try to do this you can cry, fry , or die get info on cooking a hot dog with electricity its the closest you will get to human flush you want your hair to stand rub a balloon on it
2006-08-14 13:56:27 · answer #7 · answered by igottaknow 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that this could be a trial and error thing.
If you know anyone who is willing to volunteer, perhaps you could post the answer here. All for science of course.
2006-08-14 08:57:37 · answer #8 · answered by Peakey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes up about 1/16th of a second before it burns and your head flies off, so make sure you get it right..
2006-08-14 09:03:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you did if lucky thrown back, if less lucky burns and heart attack... neither pleasant.
AC is supposed to blast you back... dc you hold...
Note sure to get your hair to stand up but you really would not want to know
2006-08-14 09:01:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋