• Question: Can we conduct electricity?

    Asked by lisaloo to Claire, Sam on 28 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Sam Geen

      Sam Geen answered on 28 Jun 2013:

      Yes! This is why electricity is dangerous – we can conduct it, which can burn us or stop or heart.

    • Photo: Claire Lee

      Claire Lee answered on 28 Jun 2013:

      Yep, we can! In fact we’re quite good at it, being made of mostly water. Which is why we can get electrocuted.

      Electricity will always take the easiest path to earth – so if there is electricity travelling along a line and you touch it, it will travel down through your body.

      Do you know the difference between voltage and current? Well, current is the thing that is dangerous to us. A high voltage will hurt like hell, but even a smallish current will stop our heart.

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