2007-03-23 08:29:34 · 11 answers · asked by Ben 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Because if you can see it you're zapped!
2007-03-23 08:33:00 · answer #1 · answered by frigon_p 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The flow is contained to the wire and electrons are too small to see. Even if you see a spark, you're seeing the air heat up and not the electrons.
2007-03-23 10:19:11 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
possibly for the following reason: it's a flow of electrons invisible to the naked eye.
you would need a powerful microscope to see it and electrons are probably flowing too fast. the only way to visualise it is to find a simulation.
2007-03-23 12:31:12 · answer #3 · answered by fred 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can see it when it arcs but electrons are too small to see flowing through a conductor.
2007-03-23 08:37:41 · answer #4 · answered by Stacy M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Electrons are very small and very shy. They tend to move along inside insulated wires because of their poor social skills which make them attempt to avoid contact with people.
2007-03-23 11:26:35 · answer #5 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
electrons are what's flowing and you can't see electrons, they are too small. they actually aren't moving, it's actually wave motion where one electron pushes the next one and on and on.
2007-03-23 09:44:42 · answer #6 · answered by EE dude 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it is electrical current.... Atom
2007-03-23 11:03:42 · answer #7 · answered by Gem 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's waves of light. Radio waves are even waves of light. But your eye isn't adjusted to see these particular waves.
2007-03-23 13:22:34 · answer #8 · answered by rann_georgia 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it doesn't flow as such - it just is.
2007-03-23 08:41:29 · answer #9 · answered by adrianblue7 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its a knock-on effect
2007-03-24 07:46:51 · answer #10 · answered by Professor 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋