Timeline for Why does electricity want to flow into the earth?
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| Apr 23, 2022 at 10:22 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | @StephenBrown because if the wire breaks then it won't be tied to ground any more. It will be tied to live (with some resistance). Safety standards are written in blood! They do not just think about what happens normally, but also what happens if something gets broken somehow. | |
| Apr 22, 2022 at 21:25 | vote | accept | Stephen Brown | ||
| Apr 22, 2022 at 21:24 | vote | accept | Stephen Brown | ||
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| Apr 22, 2022 at 21:24 | comment | added | Stephen Brown | @user253751 why is that? I knew that this is the case, and the one thing that doesn't 100% make sense to me is how can you get a shock off of neutral if it is tied to ground? | |
| Apr 22, 2022 at 18:31 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | Important note: If there is a wiring problem (e.g. broken wire) then the neutral wire can be dangerous to touch. That's why a separate earth/ground wire is used in home wiring. | |
| Apr 22, 2022 at 18:22 | history | edited | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Copy edited (e.g. ref. <http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/15953>). Used a more direct cross reference (as user names can change at any time).
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| Apr 22, 2022 at 13:32 | history | edited | Solomon Slow | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 22, 2022 at 13:26 | history | answered | Solomon Slow | CC BY-SA 4.0 |