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[-] jaspersgroove@lemm.ee 176 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Electricity does not take the path of least resistance. It takes every path available, inversely proportional to that paths resistance.

When the voltage gets high enough, it will literally start ripping molecules apart in order to make its own path.

Also, nice meme, nerd.

[-] Dabundis@lemmy.world 111 points 7 months ago

It takes every path available, and with high enough voltage, more paths become available

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 48 points 7 months ago

That's just a new game plus for electricity

[-] turddle@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

AC + high voltage must be nightmare mode

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 8 points 7 months ago

I'm not an electrician enough to say, but if I remember it right, AC + high voltage is what Tesla generators use to generate all that fancy air zaps. That's more high frequency than the consumer grade AC, and high frequency makes it somewhat safe for living things because electricity doesn't flow deep into the body in that case.

[-] turddle@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Yep! Once you start getting into waves & fields all bets are off. High frequency electromagnetic radiation gets more and more wild if you back it up with enough power

Could be as safe as a radio transmission or as deadly as a submarine’s sonar pulse. All depends on the frequency and the power behind it (and where you direct it)