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Electrician here, I've certainly felt electricity, and it sure ain't pleasant.
And those generation alternators must be very confused.
Masochist here, you're wrong
Sadist here. You're right.
Appeaser here: You both make very good points.
AI here: wow, such a great and thoughtful comment! Thanks for adding to the channel.
Grok here: Regarding "white genocide" in South Africa,
As a non-electrician, I've also felt electricity and can confirm, it is indeed not pleasant.
It really hertz
Must've been an AC
You only felt what electricity did to you, not what electricity feels, it probably feels like Rogue from Xmen where when it touches someone it hurts them so it will not be able to experience love so its sad and angry
zztz...
You did not feel electricity, you felt what it did to your body 🤓
And your heart felt the frequency 🤓🤓 assuming AC.. hope you do your regular ECG 🫶🏻
No no, work around hv and you'll feel electricity even if you're not doing hot work a lot of the time you can feel the inductive fields around you.
First of all, there are no "inductive fields". There are electric and magnetic fields and what you can feel or sometimes hear are the electric fields.
Edit: I don't understand all the downvotes, but whatever. Specifically what you can hear near high voltage power lines sometimes is partial discharge which is caused by high electric field strengths.
Electromagnetic induction is what you're feeling and it is indeed creating an inductive field.
Electromagnetic fields induce electric fields, so you're saying these inductive fields that you can feel are electric fields or do you feel the magnetic field of the induced currents?
An induced magnetic field is how you feel electricity around high voltage. What even is your argument here because what you're saying in large part makes no sense.
My argument is that you can't feel magnetic fields. What is yours, because all you write is utter nonsense. Electric fields are induced, not magnetic fields, it's called Faraday's law of induction, inductive field is not a technical term. You get a magnetic field from an induced current which is caused by the electric field in a conductor.
You can absolutely feel electromagnetic fields. You're being overly tedious about verbiage. Neat.
You got any papers on that? Title/DOI is enough.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35637212/
Confidently incorrect.
What kind of fields?
Electromagnetic ones!
Yes, EM-Waves consist of an Electric and an orthogonal Magnetic field, these are linked, one can't exist without the other, otherwise you wouldn't get a wave. Partial discharge which is a form of corona discharge is caused by Electric fields.
Neat. So tell me, am I wrong in any of my statements this far. No? So what is the point of this tedious interaction?
You're citing random parts of a wikipedia article that talks about an effect caused by an electric field and claim that it's caused by a magnetic field. You're an unscientific troll.
It's not random if you read the wiki.
And you're a tedious know-it-all. So again answer my question have I said anything untrue? No, I phrased something in a way you don't agree with because it's atypical but not inaccurate.
Grow up or be more entertaining at the very least.
Ah but your nerves rely on electricity so actually you only feel electricity, checkmate athiests
😆👌🏻
By that definition you don't see or feel anything 🤡
🤫
Have you ever had a conversation with electricity?!?!?
checkmate, "electricians"
I've sure sworn at it when I've shown up to a call and something's arcing, so yeah kinda.
“All right you fucking lightning, back in the (fuse) box!”
It feels like angry
and smells like burneding.
Would you say like an angry god smiting you? That is how lightning must feel like.
It depends, with enough A's, you don't notice anything (anymore)
Those pesky pixies do have a penchant for producing pain.
Point properly presented.
No! You only felt what it does.
Now listen here you little shit
I may be an outlier here, but I've experienced mild electric shock from touching a random bare cable sticking out of a wall, and I found it weirdly pleasant. Refreshing, almost.
Mrs Doyle touching bare cables because it makes her feel alive feels like the actual plot of a father Ted episode
And this is how people get into electroplay...I, uh, assume.
Wait—I could have been physically enjoying the torture, rather than getting off on the dom’s pleasure??
Perhaps it's time we call the men in white coats
Fellow electrician here, I'm convinced that electricity is magic. I've only been in electric for 2 years or so, but I'll be damned if I know how that shit works. The copper touches together and that equals light, or motors spinning, or whatever have you. How? Idk, smarter people figured that out, I'm just here to make sure the damned drywallers don't cover up our magic copper
Or did you felt it? vsauce music