2007-05-21 21:47:05 · 5 answers · asked by Alfie 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
I was watching Lost last night, and there was a scene where two characters pull some electrical cable from the sand. It runs into the sea. It then made me think how much charge you would need to get a shock, not by directly holding the cable but by being in the vicinity of a live wire.
2007-05-21 22:05:50 · update #1
Are you talking about setting up a current field in salt water? As in seeing whether fish get disoriented in such a field? Or are you trying to electrocute someone who puts a foot in the ocean? The latter doesn't work - the ocean is too well grounded.
2007-05-21 21:52:59 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't know if you know this but there is already charge in the oceans.
believe it or not this natural charge is used to power the amplifiers that boost optical signals in subsea fibre optic cabling.
2007-05-21 21:55:56 · answer #2 · answered by Icarus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't put lights on a Christmas Tree.
2007-05-23 13:22:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the question is impossible to answer as its not about current its about voltage, the positive on a battery is still positive when no current is flowing.
2007-05-24 12:15:44 · answer #4 · answered by eexgs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 AAA batteries
2007-05-21 21:53:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋