how do birds touch the electrical lines with out getting electricuited?

Answer 1

The bird stand on one wire only. and hence there is no close circuit. If the stupid bird touch something else - be it the other wire or the ground - then the bird will die .....


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Answer 2

. For electricity to shock, current must flow through the bird. The bird is standing on a wire which is not insulated, so that might be seen as a place for the electricity to come from, but the bird is not touching something else which would provide a place for the electricity to go to, so the electricity cannot flow. So, the bird does ot get electrocuted.
. Some companies provide repair to live high voltage lines relying on the same principle. They fly right up to the conductor in a helicopter, throw a chain over the conductor to eliminate whatever difference in voltage may exist between the helicopter and the conductor, and then make repairs on the insulators which hold the conductor onto the tower. You really have to have faith in the science to do that.

Answer 3

I agree with Joe G. You must be touching or connected to the ground for the electricity to flow through you and get electrocuted.

"The lines are electrically insulated."
NOT TRUE. If this is the case there will be no accidents of people getting electrocuted when they accidentally touch the line with a stick.

"A bird's body is a poor conductor of electricity, hence its voltage is the same as the wires "
NOT TRUE. Where in the world did you get this stuff? The wires could be a THOUSAND VOLTS while the poor bird's voltage will be so much less than that... unless its a bionic bird in nuclear power.

That is why some people wear rubber underneath to keep them having in contact with the ground.

Answer 4

They only stand on one wire, so they might be charged but there is nowhere for the charge to travel. It's a current through a body that electrocutes. In fact, at a low enough current even a voltage in the millions won't electrocute you. Squirrels are a different matter. They don't land on ONE wire, they scamper up and down the poles and across the wires. Every now and then, one scampers across a couple of wires at the top of a pole, there's a loud bang, the circuit breaker up there trips and a smoking squirrel lands at the base of the pole. That's because the squirrel crossed two wires and a high current passed through it. If squirrels had wings, they wouldn't have to worry about this.

Answer 5

those two are both wrong, well the second guy had something going but forgot one detail

for the bird to get electrocuted it would need to somehow contact the ground and the birds have learned through fallen comrades that they dont touch the pole and the line at the same time or they die, when people riot the swing from power lines too sometimes

Answer 6

A bird's body is a poor conductor of electricity, hence its voltage is the same as the wires - therefore there is no short circuit and no current flows through the bird.

However, if the bird happens to be on the wire and touch a strip of metal leading to ground, then the short circuit will be complete, allowing the current to flow through the bird into the ground - probably killing it.

Answer 7

It is not electrically grounded (earthed).
It is sitting on only one wire and the electricity will not pass through it. The electricity takes the path of least resistance
...The wire.

Answer 8

Yeah, the first two are wrong. The birds don't get electrocuted because they're not grounded. Same for squirrels.

Answer 9

they arnt grounded (earthed) so they have no potential difference with respect to the electrical line hence no cooked birds

Answer 10

HI
Errrr Arrrr, all wrong so far, to be electrocuted the bird would need legs long enough to allow it to reach the earth wire below.
Ray. West York's. U.K.