just sitting here after cocktails thinking about things, and since you're not grounded. What would happen?
2007-02-28 17:04:46 · 9 answers · asked by wannabesparky 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Basically, no.
The reason the person is being electrocuted is that there is a very large voltage difference between two things the person is in contact with. so electricity is flowing from one of those locations to the other, passing through the person's body.
If the current could find another path with similar or less resistance, some of the current (perhaps nearly all of it) would travel by that other path.
However, as you fly through the air and touch the unfortunate individual, you do not provide such an alternative path. The electricity would have to pass from the electrocutee into you, and then through the air to the ground (or some other object at lower voltage. It's not impossible for electricity to ionize the air and create a path for itself through the air (which is what lightning does). But it requires extremely high voltage, especially if the path through the air is a significant distance (more than an inch or so).
Conclusion: If the electrocution is progressing normally, and the victim is continuing to be in good contact with the high voltage and the low voltage contacts, the electricity will continue to flow smoothly through him, and you are not in danger as you touch him while in mid-flight.
JUST DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE AT THE SAME TIME!
Good luck with your experiment.
2007-02-28 17:14:47 · answer #1 · answered by actuator 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like a question for the boys from Jackass, but I believe you would get shocked. The individual that is getting shocked has a completed and grounded circuit, your touching that person, would be an extension of that grounded circuit. The touching of that individual of a split second may not kill you, but if you got caught on his shirt button and stayed connected long enough then your fate, I suspect, would be of the same as the parson being electrocuted.
2007-02-28 17:26:24 · answer #2 · answered by fordtblb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the potential between the various points where your bodies touch and the amount of electricity travelling through the body. If the flow travels through your heart even a small shock could kill you.
Short answer ... probably!
Easy answer ... turn off the switch.
2007-02-28 17:11:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a better question, why would you even want to know is this what your big contribution to physics is going to be. " The man who proved touching someone while being electrocuted is not fatal," however, he cannot be with us tonight because he died as a result of landing during his maiden experiment.
2007-02-28 17:26:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-02-28 17:12:01 · answer #5 · answered by Pedro! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES you have to take the power sauce away
2007-02-28 17:10:10 · answer #6 · answered by Shane S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes! when you touch person your grounded with them.
2007-02-28 17:13:27 · answer #7 · answered by scars6991 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you would get shocked, because you are not grounded
2007-02-28 17:10:05 · answer #8 · answered by red12saleen 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. I've done it!!!
2007-02-28 17:09:38 · answer #9 · answered by bozomonkey 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋