[Gllug] Electric Shocks

[danny]

the aanswer to "b" is that if you touch the wire you become the ground 
as the power station where the juice comes from is grounded and you 
become the path of least resistance. i hope this helps

t.clarke wrote:
> Since some of you gentlemen are cleary very knowledgable on the subject of
> electicity, maybe someone has the definitive answer to a a couple of questions
> that have fascinated me:
> 
> a) is it true that if you stand on a perfect or near-refect insulator (eg big
> fat rubber mat) and touch an HV source (say several KV relative to earth) you
> won't get a shock ?   - not the sort of thing I wish to test practically !
> 
> b) we operate a 240V UPS here which 'floats'  - ie one leg is NOT tied down
> to earth.  The suggestion is similarly that touching either wire will not
> produce a shock since there is supposedly nowhere for the current to flow.
> True or false ?
> 
> Tim
> 
> 




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