If someone were holding onto a high-voltage wire by both hands, why would his/her body have the same potential as the wire? How come his/her body would attain the same potential as the wire?
Any open ended conductor (a human body in this case) making contact with another conductor will automatically attain the same Voltage potential as the other conductor with respect to the opposite terminal of the source Voltage that supplied the Voltage. For example if you make good contact with your finger to the positive terminal of a 12V battery then that puts your whole body at 12 Volts above the negative terminal of that battery. Two conductors in contact with each other will always be at the same Voltage potential at the point of contact. The fact that both hands are on the wire makes no difference because the resistance of the high Voltage wire between the hands is so small compared to the resistance through a human body from one hand through the chest and out the other hand that all the current if any would go through the wire and not through the human body. If however the wire was cut in two at any point between the two hands then one hand would have the full positive source voltage and the other hand would be at reference 0 Volts. Consequently the body would most likely immediately burn to a crisp due to the current through the body. If the body did not disintegrate and current continued to flow through it then a Voltage gradient would be established from one hand to the other with one hand at full wire Voltage and the other hand at 0 Volts.
No however the guy`s physique would be on a similar voltage skill because of the fact the intense voltage cord and as a result would be situation to arching off to any conductor this is related to floor and as a result inflicting intense present day to bypass during the guy`s physique inflicting electrocution. the guy would be risk-free putting directly to a single intense voltage cord as long as he would not come close to or touch yet another merchandise that conducts present day back to floor. If the cord breaks there will be an astonishing arch on the factor of the wreck and can maximum probably leads to burns intense sufficient to reason death to everybody clinging to the cord at that factor. in case you have survived as a result far then with the aid of all skill throw the cord you're clinging to as far away out of your physique as achieveable because of the fact with the coolest fortune you're having the cord you're conserving stands out as the warm edge of the wreck and you would be electrocuted as quickly as you attain the floor.
