Question

Why is it dangerous to touch a working electrical appliances with wet hands ?

Answer 1

★Our body is a good conductor of electricity.

★Current can easily pass through our body but if we use any insulator for touching the electrical appliances than we can be protect by current .

★ But if we use any insulator for touching the electrical appliances than we can be protect by current .

Conductors are those materials which allow electricity to pass through them .

While insulators are those materials which do not allow electricity to pass through them.

Water is a good conductor of electricity if impurities are there while pure water is insulator of electricity .

Answer 2

water is a good conductor of electricity. hence it may give a electric shock to us. therefore it is not advisable to touch a working electrical appliances with wet hand