Timeline for Fundamental question about circuits and grounding
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| Apr 23, 2014 at 15:00 | comment | added | Ian Ringrose | @SalbandoJones, think about the risk of metal pipework you may touch at the same time, or anther item that does have it's case grounded. | |
| Oct 11, 2012 at 17:40 | comment | added | Kaz | The stake may be in the back yard, but the walls of your kitchen contain grounded conductors which bring that ground a lot closer. So the circuit doesn't have to be your entire house between you and the ground, but only a few feet of wall or floor. | |
| Oct 11, 2012 at 15:03 | comment | added | Salbando Jones | I still do not see the circuit path. If I am standing in the kitchen and the ground stake is in the back yard, how can that be even a "not very conductive" circuit? | |
| Oct 11, 2012 at 14:49 | history | answered | pjc50 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |