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Anonymous commented at 2015-09-07 03:51:08 » #1809339
and this is why i wear rubber crocks
is case i may get electrocuted, struck by lightning, tased by a police officer
granted i would still be burned to a crisp if i was struck by lightning(the crocks would probably catch fire and meld to my skin too) and being tased would still sting like a motherfucker but i digress
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and this is why i wear rubber crocks
is case i may get electrocuted, struck by lightning, tased by a police officer
granted i would still be burned to a crisp if i was struck by lightning(the crocks would probably catch fire and meld to my skin too) and being tased would still sting like a motherfucker but i digress
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Anonymous commented at 2015-09-07 10:18:25 » #1809464
Rubber protecting you is a myth. The reason why you are safe inside a car during a storm is not because of rubber tires, it's because the car is a conductor, so the charge stays on the surface of the car and doesn't go into it. If you were to touch the outside of your car after it gets struck by lightning, you will still die.
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Rubber protecting you is a myth. The reason why you are safe inside a car during a storm is not because of rubber tires, it's because the car is a conductor, so the charge stays on the surface of the car and doesn't go into it. If you were to touch the outside of your car after it gets struck by lightning, you will still die.
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jedi1357 commented at 2015-09-07 11:23:03 » #1809493
Rubber will protect you until the potential difference is high enough to ionize a hole through it. Crocks do nothing if tased or you step on a downed power line. Rubber gloves will protect you from say an automotive alternator circuit.
As for a Faraday cage, you will not die from touching it during or after a lightning strike. This is sometimes demonstrated at science museums using chain mail gloves and 50,000 volts.
I'd also like to point out that automobiles are grounded through the synthetic rubber tires that are formulated to conduct electricity.
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Rubber will protect you until the potential difference is high enough to ionize a hole through it. Crocks do nothing if tased or you step on a downed power line. Rubber gloves will protect you from say an automotive alternator circuit.
As for a Faraday cage, you will not die from touching it during or after a lightning strike. This is sometimes demonstrated at science museums using chain mail gloves and 50,000 volts.
I'd also like to point out that automobiles are grounded through the synthetic rubber tires that are formulated to conduct electricity.
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Anonymous commented at 2015-09-07 11:46:35 » #1809499
Rubber is indeed an insulator. You can touch rubber-insulated live 220 VAC lines without dying, and that's why. It's just that lightning has voltages up in the hundreds of millions, so insulating it is pretty difficult. Recall that an air gap is one of the best insulators possible; lightning strikes occur when the potential difference between the cloud and the ground is big enough to jump a kilometer-sized air gap. It isn't gonna care about an inch or two of rubber at that point.
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Rubber is indeed an insulator. You can touch rubber-insulated live 220 VAC lines without dying, and that's why. It's just that lightning has voltages up in the hundreds of millions, so insulating it is pretty difficult. Recall that an air gap is one of the best insulators possible; lightning strikes occur when the potential difference between the cloud and the ground is big enough to jump a kilometer-sized air gap. It isn't gonna care about an inch or two of rubber at that point.
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jedi1357 commented at 2015-09-07 14:22:04 » #1809553
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Jk. But really since 2011-12-24 post #1562.
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Jk. But really since 2011-12-24 post #1562.
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