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YES the white wire can shock. There are a few reasons why it might:
1) the white wire is actually connected to a switch. When the installer connects the white wire from the switch to the light, the National Electric Code requires the white wire to be "hot", and to be marked to indicate that it is hot. Sometimes this doesn't happen. The problem comes later when Joe homeowner replaces the light fixture. He sees the white wire with a black mark or maybe not, and connects the white wire to all of the other white wires. When the switch is turned on, the black wire that he placed on the other side of the switch connects to the white wire and trips the breaker. When Mr. Homeowner checks it out, touching the white wire gives him a shock.
2) The white wire returns the current to the source of the circuit. When the white wire is shared with two circuits, It returns the current from both circuits to the panel. When someone (even a professional) turns off only one of the circuit breakers to these circuits, the white wire still carries the current from the second LIVE circuit. If the person is replacing a receptacle withonly one of these circuit breakersoff, he or she could touch the white wire (called an open neutral) and get a shock from the returning current from the second circuit.
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Why can some birds land on high voltage lines without getting shocked and and some can't?
To get electric shock, the circuit must be completed and the subject who is in the path, or who becomes the path gets shock. When a bird sits on the wire, there is no closed path or circuit hence it does not shock. Same bird while sitting on the wire, and part of its body touches the earth or ground it then will get shock.
Should grooved wire be connected to white wire?
If you are referring to lamp cord type wire where both wires are brown then yes, connect the wire with the groves to the white neutral and the smooth wire to the black hot wire.
Which side of the White neutral wire do you connect the Black power wire?
The neutral wire and power wire are never connected together.
Which is the hot wire red or white?
In the US, if you only have a black wire (ungrounded or hot conductor) and a white wire (normally a grounded conductor or neutral) there is not a ground wire. Sometimes the white wire is used as a hot, so each wire would have to be identified. <<<< Electrical work should only be done by a qualified electrician.>>>>
How do you wire a wall plug socket?
Wall receptacles are wired in parallel. black to black, white to white, ground to ground.
When connecting a 4 prong cord to a new dryer red and black are hot What are the green and white wires?
The green wire is the ground wire, which is used for safety to prevent electric shock. The white wire is the neutral wire, which completes the circuit and carries the return current back to the electrical panel.
What is the blue wire Is it live?
it depends on where the blue wire is in a circuit, but if your question is can you get shocked from it? well if it is a house wiring circuit the answer is probably yes, you can use a volt meter to check, but red, black, blue, brown, sometimes white, can be a wire that can shock you, really any color wire except green or bare copper can shock you.
Why neutral wire doesn't give electric shock?
The neutral wire doesn't give an electric shock because it is the same potential as ground. That being said if you come in contact with the "hot" wire and the neutral or ground wire, you become the load and will receive a substantial shock.
Will you get shock if you touch a bare wire connected to an outlet?
If your getting a shock by touching a wall than you have a bare wire touching the wall, call an electrition
You want to install a new light fixture in your bathroom upon removing the old fixture down you discover there is no grounding wire only a black and white wire and GFCI outlet on the circuit?
If there is no grounding wire present, you can still install the new light fixture using just the black and white wires. Make sure to connect the black wire to the live wire on the fixture and the white wire to the neutral wire. Since there is a GFCI outlet on the circuit, this will provide some level of shock protection in case of any electrical faults.
Can the white wire electrocute you?
Not if the wiring is correctly installed. The neutral should be at the same potential as the ground wire which is a zero or equal. To receive a shock your body needs to complete the circuit from a hot wire to ground or neutral. The above answer is not entirely correct. There are some instances where electricians use the white wire to carry load (or current). For proper electrical code though, the white wire should be identified as hot by wrapping a turn or two of black tape around the wire indicating as such. The most common way a white wire would carry power is a 12/2 cable running to a switch that controls lights or receptacles or etc. Power goes to the switch through the black wire and returns through the white wire to the load. The white wire should be wrapped with electrical tape to indicate this. A safe way to check if a white wire is hot is to check with a volt meter from the white wire to ground. A zero or close to zero voltage indicates the white is at ground potential and would not be hot.
What is the purpose of a live wire?
it gives you an electric shock
Use the word shock in a simple sentence?
Depending on your desired form of the word "shock," here are a few various answers: "You gave me quite a shock!" (shock here means scare, as in the person was scared) "That wire has a fairly powerful shock to it!" (shock here means an electrical charge - as in you would die if you touched the wire) Hopefully that helps in your shocking persuits.
Which colored wire gives us electric shock?
Red
Why does the wire on a plug have an outer insulation?
For shock protection and shorting out.
Why laptop sometimes gives a shock?
It shocks you sometimes because you are touching the shock zone or there is a loose wire. My laptop does that to me.
Can a 115 Volt run backwards based on the black and white wire?
No. It's "alternating current", so there is no + and - to reverse. Wiring something backwards just causes a shock hazard.
