#SHOCK YOU LIKE AN ELECTRIC EEL#: Electricity

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Electricity - Home Danger

If it gets inside our body, electricity can cause improper functioning of some of our organs or systems. Electronic equipments and household electric items are a source of electricity and they are also possible dangers which, in unhappy circumstances can cause severe injuries and, on rare occasions, can turn out to be fatal. Everybody knows what it feels like to work on a nylon floor covering in a dry climate and get an electric shock when later touching a metal object. When our feet touch that material, our body start to get static power and it is then released when touching a metal object. In this situation, the body is filled with electrical current which is then released when advent in contact with a metallic surface. In such cases, the shock is weak and all it does is make us giggle a little. But when the electrical flow is more intense, it can produce a severe electric shock.

Electric shocks can be provoked by lightning, electronic or industrial equipment, or by advent in contact with high voltage cables, like the ones on electric train lines. A lot of home or industrial accidents take place because citizen use power plugs and damaged equipment. Others come as a corollary of improper maneuvering, like using a engine when our hands are wet. Electric shocks that occur at home or at the work place are accident provoked by low voltage electricity. But even low voltage can be very dangerous and it is responsible for most death compared to high voltage electricity because the latter is found in factories and huge fellowships and not a lot of citizen have passage to it.