Why don’t birds get electrocuted on power lines?
Have you ever wondered why birds can safely sit on electrical wires whereas humans get electrocuted if they try to touch them?
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December 21, 2024
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It’s cause there’s a protection coating on the line😂 if there wasn’t the freaking thing would rust like heck
Power lines are for government drone charging
Nope nope and nope! The Electrical wires are insulated so no electricity can escape. meaning that the birds cannot get electrocuted from the power line!
So if I could float I wouldn’t get electrocuted, good to know
Electrons dont flow anywhere tho. Also, bird can still be electrocuted if it spreads its legs wide enough.
Also cuz they are not tuching ground
The actual and much simpler explanation is the wires are wrapped and insulated
Straight Answer: If you touch only 1 wire you are fine, it's when you become the connection between 2 wires that you are fucked.
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I started to get electrocuted while welding when my filler rod and tungsten both got stuck in the weld pool and my foot was still pressing the pedal. I could feel the electricity trying to get through my glove. It's low voltage, but can still be dangerous.
Oops I accidentally gun the electric power supply
men do the dangerous job.
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4% of women line work
90%+ men
Who is the narrator..
I have learnt something new today. Thank you😊
NOTE: if it’s over 100v rather than a zap it’s a irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) and it’s worse. Reason: if it’s a ventricular rhythm it will not supply enough oxygen rich blood to the brain meaning you may faint but if it’s VF (ventricular fiblliration) you will faint.
What if it’s a one legged bird?
So if a human was to fall from the sky and grab the power line to break the fall they wouldn't get electrocuted?
Thank god now I can watch this video I was looking for it
Electron moves from lower potential to heigher I think thus current flow height potential to lower potential as we all know that current flow in the opposite direction of flow of electron.😅
Same with squirrels. Usually, they are scrambling over low voltage telecommunications lines. Once live in South Carolina and one fell onto my car as I was driving. Sometimes however, they will get fried and trip the local circuit breaker. The other question are people who dangle out of helicopters to service high voltage power lines.
The birds don’t get electrocuted because there foot are together but if they touch two wire it will get electrocuted 😢😢😢
i don't think the birds get shocked because of potential but high resistance, one line always has current unless power is no longer transmitted to the user , you are part of circuit , if a lower resistance circuit, shocked
How ignorant. . . (AC) Electricity requires a Path from source to Ground if you touch a ground and conductor your zapped, no ground no current path.
Does it mean if someone hang on one wire he wont be struck (hanging in the air while holding the wire)?
But humans also typically wear rubber soled shoes. Rubber is an insulator. Why would humans still be electrocuted then?
THE BIRDS ARE GOVERNMENT SPY ROBOTS AND THEY RECHARGE ON POWER LINES. WAKE UP
Anything can go on the lines… so long as they don't connect with a ground like the pylons ir nearby trees. Not that I'd advise anyone climbing up and swinging from them to prove it though!
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SIR, FOR THE BIRDS TO SIT ON POWER LINE AND STOP THE FLOW OF ELECTRON IT MEANS THEIR SKIN IS INSLULATOR. I TOURCHED LIVE HUNDREDS OF TIMES. MY BODY DID NOT ATTACHED WITH ANY CONDUCTORS MATERIALS CONNECTED TO EARTH. MY WEARS ARE INSULATORS MATERIALS AND NO LINKAGES IN THE CIRCUITS. THE PROCEDURE GOES WITH BIRDS SAME WITH HUMAN BEINGS. YOU VIDEO IS CLEAR EXPLANATION.
When I was a kid, my friend use to tell me that electricity travel from one leg to other leg of bird😂😂😂, and I believed that.
Nah… Electrons travel really slow. What flows fast in wires is the energy.
So the birds don't know they just do it because they can
So, can human touch a single wire and hang (without contact with ground or anything i.e., open loop) current won't be passed right? And no electric shock?
Some actually do –> https://youtu.be/TIfg7hYUWpg
Good explanation …one qs though…So if we sit like a bid on live wire is it fine?
thats because birds are actually spy drones created by the govermant, when "birds" land on these wires, they're recharging
I thought the thick rubber skin on feet…act as a coating.. my mistake 😅ðŸ¤
As a bird, this safety video has been very informative.
O.K. call me dumb. Can't say I really understood all that, but that's alright. All I really need to remember is : Power line-Bad, Stay away-Good ! Got it !!
Is it true that touching the pole and the wire is dangerous at 1:50? I would have thought a 20ft log of wood is way too insulating to carry current through.
Ain't grounded Duh