why are humans experienced lectrical shock when they hold a live wire? how this can be avoided?

Question

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Answer 1

humans experienced electrical shock that kills is when the electricity is allowed to flow through your body... its because your body act as a connector for the electricity to flow to...for example ground, etc... that's why people were so called 'electric shocked'...

This can be avoided as long as you use an electrical resistance stuff, take for example, wear a rubber slippers when you're working on cables.... the rubber slippers is not a electrical conductor,so if you touch the live wire, you won't be shocked....

Answer 2

Because your body is mostly water it makes a passable electrical conductor. Since the voltage in the wire wants to get to ground it will go through your body and into the ground. In doing to it will stop your heart, cause your muscles to violently contract, heat up your bodily fliuds, etc. The human body is not a perfect conductor and a lot of the power going through you is being absorbed. This is what kills you. To avoid shock simply avoid grabbling live wires. You could grab a 500,000-volt wire with no ill-effects assuming you weren't in contact with anything that was grounded. Hydro workers do this all the time working on high-tension lines from helicopters. You have to remember though that high voltage like that will arc, jump through the air to a ground source. Hydro workers know the minimum distance from a grounding source (the tower) for a given voltage.

Answer 3

because electicity flows through the human body to the ground or the conductive material you are touching.

It can be avoided by
- insulating the wire or
- wearing gloves that insulate from electricity or
- wearing boots that prevent the current from flowing to the ground and not touching anything else

Answer 4

humans conduct electricity, rubber gloves.