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How far will the electricity go?
If I put a large electric cable into the sea and switch on the power from a power station, how far will the electric travel?
18 Answers
- fadriLv 45 years ago
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- 1 decade ago
this largely depends upon two factors. 1, the salinity of the water, and 2, the amount of current of the electricity. So your answer is a variable...
Source(s): 5+yrs as a Network Infrastructure Technician - jimmyLv 71 decade ago
Electricity need a complete circuit to "Travel" ....so it goes nowhere ..., but if indeed there is a complete circuit, the current goes right back to where it starts off in the first place- the switch !
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- bundyLv 51 decade ago
Depends on the size of your fuse and the time delay of your circuit breaker.
Normally if you touch live wire to ONLY water, nothing will happen, but if you jam in a neutral, it create a close circuit and that is when the fun begins.
- GINDURASLv 51 decade ago
seriously, for data cable such internet, it depends on the quality of the cable itself. but for power, it depend on the voltage of the current. (240v for example) the higher the voltage, the farer it will go. and u have to take note that current(amphere) is the one providing energy to electricity. not the voltage. thats why u need transformer to convert to higher voltage.
actually, i think this had been told in physics in secondary 5...
- !z@@h. (はりざ )Lv 41 decade ago
maybe the whole world, depend how large your cable and the electric current, water is the best electric conductor
please do this project after sunday, i planned to mandi-manda di pantai this sunday, and i don't want to die yet
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Whoa! Genocide! That is a sobering thought you came up there lor!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
To Borneo if the 'current' is strong enough, but why on Earth would you want to do that Gabby?...lol..