At 600 volts, the current through the body may be as great as 4 amps, causing damage to internal organs such as the heart. High voltages also produce burns. In addition, internal blood vessels may clot. Nerves in the area of the contact point may be damaged.

Electric current is able to create severe burns in the body. The reason is hidden in the power dissipation across the body´s electrical resistance. Shock can cause: cardiac arrest, burns to tissues and organs, muscle spasms, serious effects to the nervous system and other unexpected consequenses.

Strong involuntary reactions can lead to other injuries. 50 to 150 Milliamps Extreme pain, respiratory arrest, severe muscle reactions. Death is possible. 1.0 to 4.3 Amps Rhythmic pumping action of the heart ceases.

Effects of electrical current on the human body Current flowing through the heart causes fibrillation of the heart. Current flowing through muscles causes contraction of the muscles. Current flowing through the brain causes a loss of consciousness and seizers.

Therefore, the effect of current responsible for the glow of the bulb in an electric circuit is the heating effect. So, the correct answer is “Option B”. Note: Due to the moving electrons in the filament of the bulb, a magnetic field is also produced resulting in some magnetic effects.

The filament of an electric bulb glows because of the heating effect of electric current. As the current passes through the bulb it heats the filament which gives off light. The filament then heats up and becomes red-hot as a result of this it begins to glow, turning electrical energy into light energy.

Liquids like water (mineral water, or water with impurities), acids, bases, salts etc offers high resistance to current than metal conductors. So, after passing through conducting liquids the current in the circuit becomes weak.

Compass surrounded by wire A magnetic field is created around a current carrying wire even when very small amount of current is passed through it. A compass needle shows deflection in the presence of magnetic field. Hence, a compass can be used to detect a weak current.

Chemical Effects of Electric Current

• Formation of gas bubbles at electrodes.
• Deposition of metals at electrodes.
• Changes in solution colour.

LED glows even when a weak electric current flows through it. Hence, tester using LED and magnetic effects of current can be used to detect a weak current.

LED and compass are used for detect weak electric current.

1. The magnetic compass will detect the electric siginal by start rotating. It is due to the presence of magnatic effect of the electricity.
2. While the LED detects any form of electric current, it will indicate by glowing.

galvanometer is the instrument that is used to detect the presence of current.

Galvanometer

When using a multimeter to measure current, the only way that can be used to detect the level of current flowing is to break into the circuit so that the current passes through the meter. Although this can be difficult at times, it is the best option. A typical current measurement can be made as shown below.

The ampere, symbol A, is the SI unit of electric current. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the elementary charge e to be 1.602 176 634 ×10−19 when expressed in the unit C, which is equal to A s, where the second is defined in terms of ∆νCs.

Definition: Electric current is defined as the rate of flow of negative charges of the conductor. In other words, the continuous flow of electrons in an electric circuit is called an electric current.

The current always flows from a higher potential to lower potential point in the circuit, i.e. to ground. However, if there is a path which is providing lower resistance than ground path, that means there is a potential point in the circuit, lower with reference to the ground.

There are two kinds of current electricity: direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC). With direct current, electrons move in one direction.

The ground fault current flows through the ground rods or any other conductor in touch with the earth and then the current flows through the earth to the grounding system at the generation station or more likely at the grounding point of the transformer feeding the system where it completes the circuit with the phase …

Fault currents are caused by very low impedance short circuits. These may be shorts to ground or across phases. The resulting high current flow can result in overheating of equipment and conductors, excesses forces, and at times even serious arcs, blasts, and explosions.

No There is no path for current to flow through the earth back to the source. so current does not flow. or if you believe there is a path just because the negative terminal is connected to earth and the end point of your circuit is connected to earth then the answer is still no because the resistance is too high.

The ground is an attractive place for electricity to flow because it is positively charged, only more so when the tiny particles in the atmosphere collide, filling clouds with negatively charged particles.

Electrons flow from the negative terminal to the positive. Conventional current or simply current, behaves as if positive charge carriers cause current flow. Conventional current flows from the positive terminal to the negative.

Electricity always returns to the source of the power supply (a transformer or substation). When electrical current cannot flow through a neutral conductor, due to some type of damage or defect in the circuit, more current will use a path through the earth to return to the power supply.

If you touch it, you may complete a circuit between the live wire and the earth (because you’ll be standing on the floor), so you get a shock. The flow of charge (current) in a circuit can travel in one direction around the circuit only. This is due to a direct supply of potential difference, also known as dc.

In Short if neutral wire touches a earth wire, An earth wire carrying load current is a risk of electric shock because a person touching this earth may present an alternative path for the load current and thus the risk of electric shock.

When a fault occurs and the live wire touches the metal casing, a surge of current flows from live wire, through metal casing, to the ground via the earth wire creates a short circuit. Current exceeds the fuse rating, so the fuse melts and opens the circuit.

No, touching the ground wire will not shock you unless it is not properly bonded AND there is a faulty piece of equipment attached to it.