ZACHIE: Electrocuted to death....see grammar.
wetin else him for electrocute to? coma?
electrocute is plain enough

ajaolu: how did you calculate it to be 415, i think it should be 240 x 2 = 480

supaeagles: oga no oh, static electricity case from a van der graff is different I believe...., though the static voltage is high, it dissipates away rapidly on contact because there isn't sufficient charge. Whereas the high voltage in electricity lines can kill because that voltage level is always maintained (by the generation process) on human contact

Bleep U:


you are Amu

supaeagles: Bros, great question but electrical engineering is crazy oh. You cannot simply multiply the two numerical values for voltages across two lines to determine voltage across the lines. You have consider it as a voltage difference. So even though the two lines are at the same potential (240 volts) they are at different phases (120 degrees diff). So the voltage difference across two live lines is not 240-240 it is instead square root (3) x 240 (voltage of one line to ground - which is zero volts) = 1.73*240 = 415v
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Allocsoluwatosi: Don't forget that voltage is a workdone in bringing a charge from infinity to dat poin. But current is the flow of charge in a conductor per unit time, and also it is current that is dissipitated as heat energy wen encounter a body of reasonable amount of resistance I.e the man body. To cap it all a current as small as 0.02A can cause electrocution to death.

ajaolu: thanks so much for the prompt answer, i am so much passionate about that field (plus electronics) but anyway, i am still doing good in surveying and geoinformatics. I will appreciate it if i could get some educational materials on the elementary foundations of elect. Engr.

ajaolu:

being electrocuted may refer to being injurd or killed by the passage of electricity through the body of someone, so that expression is still correct because it stated what happened precisely, i.e. not injured, but actually got killed.

Don Demu: Wetin igbo man no fit do cos of money? Na d N200 wey this man go give electrician don go make am die so. RIP

Brightwesley: Wish it had happened in owerri, i would hav loved it.

supaeagles: Good point but you cannot look at current in isolation. You also have to consider voltage - or more accurately voltage difference or potential difference. A voltage difference is what gives rise to current flow in the first place else you will not have current flow to begin with. So when you say that 0.02Amps can kill a person that is not necessarily accurate. At what voltage is that current being generated should be the question? As an example, your mobile phone charger even outputs higher current about 0.5 to 1 amps yet that does not kill or even shock you on contact because it is at only only about 5 volts maximum. Transmission lines on the other hand have very high voltages (11 kilo volts and much higher) and that is done by design to ensure low energy losses on the transmission path :- the conductor lines. Energy loss is = square of current * resistance linky. Hence, current is made very small (via transformers) to reduce these losses.

ajaolu:

being electrocuted may refer to being injurd or killed by the passage of electricity through the body of someone, so that expression is still correct because it stated what happened precisely, i.e. not injured, but actually got killed.

Don Demu: Wetin igbo man no fit do cos of money? Na d N200 wey this man go give electrician don go make am die so. RIP

igboezue: wetin ur papa no fit do for money?,na because e no wan pay bride price he thief ur mama come impr,egnate her she come born mumu like u

Chamber10:

Park well jare. Poor reasoning, any tribe can do it so far say na Naija. Cheap bigot

supaeagles: Bros, great question but electrical engineering is crazy oh. You cannot simply multiply the two numerical values for voltages across two lines to determine voltage across the lines. You have consider it as a voltage difference. So even though the two lines are at the same potential (240 volts) they are at different phases (120 degrees diff). So the voltage difference across two live lines is not 240-240 it is instead square root (3) x 240 (voltage of one line to ground - which is zero volts) = 1.73*240 = 415v
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ajaolu:

how did you calculate it to be 415, i think it should be 240 x 2 = 480

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take correction my guy, no need to try twist
Electrocution is death caused by electric shock, either accidental or deliberate. The word is derived from "electro" and "execution", but it is also used for accidental death.

samnazarit:

@M. Àja
Electrocution is death caused by
Electric shock, either accidental or
deliberate