Water in its pure state is a poor conductor of electricity but when it contains impurities like salt, it is a good conductor of electricity.

iyke484real:
If a naked wire with current falls into a flowing river or lets say Lagos lagoon, will all parts of the lagoon electrocute when touch?

If it will not, please elaborate...I am interested in knowing why.

Your question has incomplete data, so we cannot simulate the event for you

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iyke484real:
If a naked wire with current falls into a flowing river or lets say Lagos lagoon, will all parts of the lagoon electrocute when touch?

If it will not, please elaborate...I am interested in knowing why.

It will , but only regions close enough. Too deep even when close, you won't feel anything. Too shallow but far away, you won't feel a thing too.

iyke484real:
If a naked wire with current falls into a flowing river or lets say Lagos lagoon, will all parts of the lagoon electrocute when touch?

If it will not, please elaborate...I am interested in knowing why.

I don't know the essence of the question. Do you want to use the river Niger as your transmission medium or the lagoon as your power reservoir?
The presence of an electrical line in a river or anywhere other than the transmission system is abnormal and be reported to the relevant authorities immediately.
To answer the question; a transmission or distribution line contact to a flowing river would be very dangerous to anyone within the immediate vicinity and pose serious danger to humans and other organisms.
If the system protection is adequately sized the system would trip off.
If the system is ht the substantial portion of the river or lagoon would be charged and dangerous but not enough to energise the entire river.
Warning do not attempt to find out by yourself. Report to the appropriate authorities.

greenmonk:

I don't know the essence of the question. Do you want to use the river Niger as your transmission medium or the lagoon as your power reservoir?
The presence of an electrical line in a river or anywhere other than the transmission system is abnormal and be reported to the relevant authorities immediately.
To answer the question; a transmission or distribution line contact to a flowing river would be very dangerous to anyone within the immediate vicinity and pose serious danger to humans and other organisms.
If the system protection is adequately sized the system would trip off.
If the system is ht the substantial portion of the river or lagoon would be charged and dangerous but not enough to energise the entire river.
Warning do not attempt to find out by yourself. Report to the appropriate authorities.

tell them

NDSMELODY:
as an engineer we consider safety first before designing anything that is why assumption is made that pure water is not ideally pure and remember that sweat that comes out from our body contains salt that is people get electrocuted without being wet.

Yes... That is it

NDSMELODY:
distilled water still contain particles which increases its boiling point

lemme agree with the one from you

NDSMELODY:
even rain water has impurities

Yes, but it's the purest natural form of water

welturebotanical:


In our own lab it doesn't contain any particles. But lemme agree with the one from your lab

Chai

iyke484real:
If a naked wire with current falls into a flowing river or lets say Lagos lagoon, will all parts of the lagoon electrocute when touch?

If it will not, please elaborate...I am interested in knowing why.

U don't have to be an engineer to know this...its just basic knowledge .

[quote author=iyke484real post=89816002]If a naked wire with current falls into a flowing river or lets say Lagos lagoon, will a


It's dependent on some factors
1. The capacity of the said wire: bigger feeder and transmission cables carry greater amount of current that will kill any living thing that comes it's way in water including humans.

2.The mass or quantity of water may not matter in this case cos electricity travels even faster on wider surface areas. So pls don't try this at home.

NDSMELODY:
if a conductor carries high voltage and fall in a water someone will get electrocuted when touch simply because electron get evenly distributed within few micro seconds.futhermore electric field and magnetic field are present in a transmission line now take for instance if u drop a magnet of north and south pole in a water and then taken back and placed beside each other it will still attract each other as a result of magnetic field present meanwhile water is a goood conductor of electricity that is why*there is no power supply while raining* ,,,,,,,i stop here

Na there you lie baba
Hv bn in Vietnam and china when there was heavy rain,still electricity was still unshakable.

Infact in one occasion a local transformer blew,
There and then under the heavy rain,with there rain coats ,the power official fixed it and restored power with the rain still on.
Its just a naija factor blc of poor equipments we use here.

iyke484real:
If a naked wire with current falls into a flowing river or lets say Lagos lagoon, will all parts of the lagoon electrocute when touch?

If it will not, please elaborate...I am interested in knowing why.

As the electron journeys to the end of the pond it blcomes weaker,meaning the closer you're to tje source of the current the heavier dose of shocking u will get,when tested with a voltameter am sure the current will decipate at a given distance.

iyke484real:
If a naked wire with current falls into a flowing river or lets say Lagos lagoon, will all parts of the lagoon electrocute when touch?

If it will not, please elaborate...I am interested in knowing why.

As the electron journeys to the end of the pond it blcomes weaker,meaning the closer you're to the source of the current the heavier dose of shocking u will get,when tested with a voltameter am sure the current will decipate at a given distance.

femi4:
You started poorly

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He is right. Water itself is not a conductor of electricity. It's the impurities in the water that does.

Ok guys let me chip in my little knowledge about this topic. As for the Conductivity of H2O(Water) it's a very good conductor of electricity, no dispute about that but in a case where live wire/conductor fell into a body of water the Current/Voltage at the immediate vicinity would be higher and can easily electrocute or at some point kill but at a far distance to the live wire the impact will be felt but not as much. So in this case the electrocution or shock would not be as severe compared to when closer to the point of the Live-wire itself. Now this is where the case of HIGH TENSION, Low Tension & Lagoon body of Water will comes in. For High Tension;The electrocution will go very far but not in the whole Lagoon due to some factors and also LARGE NUMBERS of Electrons is contained in the High Tension While for Low Tension it would not be as much as High Tension.....However the impact like little Shock could be felt at a very far distance in both CASES. Too many factors applied though.

Loris576:

Boss ur on fire

Thank you Sir
I'm happy to share these things.

If the naked wire is a 'service main' wire the yes it will electrocute, because this wires transmit 11000volt or 33000volt which is very high

we only use 220volt for our homes 412volts for factories with huge machines
, and these can take any one out

welturebotanical:


when that interior wiring is connected to the government power supply you may still be able to get a good current if there's no fuse to break it down, but without fuse this current will be too high for all the home appliances and therefore will damage them, that is why all power coming from the pole are connected to a fuse that breaks it down to something ur home can take.
When u connect this thick wire to that fuse, there will be fluctuation in the electricity of that house, because d current will want to wrap around that thick circumference n long length of the wire, before reaching each destination of every appliances and stuffs which will lead to low supply to ur appliances n bulbs etc, that is because the power from d pole has been broken down by the fuse. But I still need engineers to make corrections on what I said.. I may be wrong.

Are you an Electrical Engineer?

I think it depends on the voltage,most likely things close to the naked wire would get electrocuted not the entire mass of water,except the voltage is quite large.My thought

welturebotanical:


when that interior wiring is connected to the government power supply you may still be able to get a good current if there's no fuse to break it down, but without fuse this current will be too high for all the home appliances and therefore will damage them, that is why all power coming from the pole are connected to a fuse that breaks it down to something ur home can take.
When u connect this thick wire to that fuse, there will be fluctuation in the electricity of that house, because d current will want to wrap around that thick circumference n long length of the wire, before reaching each destination of every appliances and stuffs which will lead to low supply to ur appliances n bulbs etc, that is because the power from d pole has been broken down by the fuse. But I still need engineers to make corrections on what I said.. I may be wrong.

That's not true . Fuse has no role to play in stepping down of power. The only thing a fuse does is it cuts when the power being sent into the house exceeds the rating of the fuse.
The job of stepping down the voltage is usually done by the transformer.

Zane2point4:

Na there you lie baba
Hv bn in Vietnam and china when there was heavy rain,still electricity was still unshakable.

Infact in one occasion a local transformer blew,
There and then under the heavy rain,with there rain coats ,the power official fixed it and restored power with the rain still on.
Its just a naija factor blc of poor equipments we use here.

you have judge yourself from ur last paragraph,i rest my case

Soneh:

That's not true . Fuse has no role to play in stepping down of power. The only thing a fuse does is it cuts when the power being sent into the house exceeds the rating of the fuse.
The job of stepping down the village is usually done by the transformer.

U just said something similar, am not an engineer I may not get the terms but I understand the way some of this things work

HyperTrends:
Ok guys let me chip in my little knowledge about this topic. As for the Conductivity of H2O(Water) it's a very good conductor of electricity, no dispute about that but in a case where live wire/conductor fell into a body of water the Current/Voltage at the immediate vicinity would be higher and can easily electrocute or at some point kill but at a far distance to the live wire the impact will be felt but not as much. So in this case the electrocution or shock would not be as severe compared to when closer to the point of the Live-wire itself. Now this is where the case of HIGH TENSION, Low Tension & Lagoon body of Water will comes in. For High Tension;The electrocution will go very far but not in the whole Lagoon due to some factors and also LARGE NUMBERS of Electrons is contained in the High Tension While for Low Tension it would not be as much as High Tension.....However the impact like little Shock could be felt at a very far distance in both CASES. Too many factors applied though.

tell them

You mean if high voltage cable fall in part of atlantic ocean, all the countries that share the boundaries are vulnerable to been electrocuted?

OP. Look at how lock down affect your thoughts Pls if we are not going to lagoon and practicalise it then let's forget this topic

Soneh:

That's not true . Fuse has no role to play in stepping down of power. The only thing a fuse does is it cuts when the power being sent into the house exceeds the rating of the fuse.
The job of stepping down the voltage is usually done by the transformer.

Very correct. The fuse is just used to block werey current that is coming from werey phcn so that home appliances connected to that fuse don't get burnt.

The fuse is made of a wire that can comfortably stand 13ampere or less and anything more will cause the wire to melt and cut and so that anything connected to it will not get burnt.

The transformer takes care of stepping down high current from high tension wires to the taste of our home appliances so that they can run and function fine in our homes. Stepping up too is part of the work.

NDSMELODY:
you have judge yourself from ur last paragraph,i rest my case

It blew not blc of lightening nor thunder,from the assessment they left,the wind cross tied two lines together.

femi4:
You started poorly

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Pure water is a poor conductor of electricity.. The impurities in it are what enhances its for conductivity..

water is a bad conductor of electricity,so the closest place in the water near the wire would likely shock but not the whole river or lagoon.

NDSMELODY:
u better dnt try that shit! Or else

How ?

If for instance I use 1 liters of fuel on a 4 KVA power generator for 2hours while using my TV, freezer, bulbs, fan etc would the same amount of fuel be used if I only use 1 bulb for the same time?