Posts Tagged ‘bare metal’

Why doesn't an electric kettle give a shock?

Monday, August 30th, 2010

The heating element in an electric kettle appears to be bare metal. It might be insulated from the casing of the kettle, but why doesn’t electricity flow from the element through the water to the casing (which might be metal) and then if I touch the casing why doesn’t a current flow to earth


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