Electric shock

[wallyanker]

I have a really silly question that has caused arguments at my work. The senario is:

I am standing on a solid concrete floor in an industrial unit and I touch the live wire from a 230v socket. I do not touch anything else, the neutral and earth are untouched. Can this give me an electric shock??

Please can someone give me a straight answer with reasons.
Thanks

 

[Sintra]

I think it would depend on your choice of footware.


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[wallyanker]

Normal rubber soled shoes

 

[Sintra]

Providing your shoes are insulating you from the general mass of earth then you will not receive a shock as there is no return path.


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[pushrod]

If your total resistance to earth is greater than 230kilo-ohms then you will be subject to less than 1mA and so should feel nothing. 1 mA supposedly being the smallest detectable current

 

[GrannySmiff]

Woooo no more safe isolation.

 

[cantabrian9]

next time put your f-----g wellies on!!!!!!!! NO PROBLEM

 

[Darkwood]

I sincerly hope this is all staying in the hypothetical world as what you will find in the reality of our world boots / shoes etc are made up of many substances including rubber but you will find that unless you have bought special footware then general purpose work boots and trainers cant be relied on to protect you as moisture as well as contaminants introduced in their manufacturing and what is picked up in the environment will render them inneffective to keep you safe, even with the correct high insulated footware you can render them useless by walking through a puddle so i hope you keep this one in the discussion world only. I have received a shock in this method and the boots i was wearing were special high resistance but 3months of oil and grease from factory floors rendered them useless so as i see it yes you would get a good shock.

 

[mogga]

I was thinking the same Darky it would be good if the OP said he was Ok wouldnt it??

 

[Darkwood]

You could always stand on a uninsulated bulldog clip and the other one on your finger and megger yourself to check your theory as opposed to doing it for real it might ease your mind and answer your query, but my disclaimer is do not do this as it may give you a shock and i wouldnt recommend it at all just a humerous thought........ ps let us know the result :O /