Can electricity conduct through a fine spray of water?

The villain was sulphur from burning coal - now generally scrubbed from smokestacks before it goes anywhere.

RL

That's one advantage to a local GFI outlet. You're right there.

None of those do, essentially because the insulators have an inverted section at the bottom of each bulge which never gets wet in that situation.

And you never get line dropouts in that situation.

I have fuses, I was speaking for the sissy majority.

My parents have one, it's not tripped since they moved there in 2005, even when my dad touched live plug prongs (because they can't detect live to neutral shocks).

Why would it trip for that?

Just replace it with a fuse.

But when they land on the insulator, the whole insulater is covered in continuous water.

You mean the world didn't cease to exist because of CO2? Maybe those alarmists are wrong....

I don't understand, surely there's continuous water from the live to the ground? It's lying in wet grass!

Why be cautious if there's a breaker?

F*ck off, you know that doesn't always work.

Not sure what's wrong with your penis, but I produce a continuous stream.

And of course it couldn't kill you, your legs are not a vital organ.

What can I tell you? I've been doing this for 20 years, all winter, all summer, rain, snow. I only pick it up to use the lawnmower or weedwacker and then I drop it wherever I am when I diconnect it. After a few days the grass grows and you can't see it.

The breaker might break. That is, not work.

I'm guessing the connector's connections are quite a bit inset and the water doesn't flow into them.

Never known of that happening, despite the bullshit on them about test weekly. Seriously? Turn all the power off in your house every week? I'm guessing only OCD folk actually do it.

I'm guessing the connector's connections are quite a bit inset and the water doesn't flow into them.

Never known of that happening, despite the bullshit on them about test weekly. Seriously? Turn all the power off in your house every week? I'm guessing only OCD folk actually do it.

I'm guessing the connector's connections are quite a bit inset and the water doesn't flow into them.

Never known of that happening, despite the bullshit on them about test weekly. Seriously? Turn all the power off in your house every week? I'm guessing only OCD folk actually do it.

I think it's about 1/8"**, but I'll try to remember to look next time I'm outside.

Your experience and knowledge are not enough data for me, to make a decions.

Huh? I don't do that.

What does that have to do with me?

Six months after I moved in (4-year old house) the breaker used to trip fairly often. I didn't know why or how they worked but eventually I thought the breaker might be broken. I replaced it and it stopped tripping. So if it can break so that it trips too much, maybe it can break so it doesn't trip enough. And it's really no effort to pick up the cord away from the end, versus the thought of being electrecuted standing on even slightly damp grass.

I have had a failed RCBO from a reputable manufacturer. It would not trip when the test button was pressed.

John

Try this:

Two close parallel plates with some modest DC voltage between them, and coupled into an audio amp and a speaker or headphones.

Spray some water or steam and listen, or use fog if you have it.

e-fields in a bees or ants nest would be cool too.

We live in a world of electric fields that we can't sense.

Not sure what you mean. Do you hear things it picks up from outside it, or do you hear the fog drifting?

I would imagine charged droplets impacting the electrodes and making sounds. Shine a UV flashlight into the fog too maybe. Sort of the audible version of the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment.

Ambient magnetic fields can sound cool too.

You ought to be a Physics lecturer, and come up with all sorts of fascinating experiments to teach the students concepts more easily.