Explain why a bird sitting on a 400 kV power transmission cable is not electrocuted?
2)Explain why a bird sitting on a 400 kV power transmission cable is not electrocutedmany thanks for your answerPepe
Electrocution is created by the passage of electric current through living organs. A bird sitting on a 400 KV power line is charged at 400 KV but it takes a *potential difference* to cause current to flow. As the bird is only touching one side of the 400 KV line there is no potential difference across the bird therefore no current flows thru it. Hence bird isn't electrocuted.
Simple . It is not grounded.A curcuit has to be complete for electricity to flow through it.
