Live wire can be exposed and can shock when coming into contact with human skin. Can also start electrical fires
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Long cables are dangerous because..
The longer the cable, the greater the chance of it becoming damaged and dysfunctional. These long cables can be hard to replace and would take a lot of work to fix as they are a big part of circuits.
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Water near cables is dangerous because...
Water will lower the resistance of many objects and can be a good way for current to come from the socket to the wet object, causing a shock if the water is on skin
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Metal objects stuck into sockets is not a good idea because...
Metals are conductors, current will travel from the socket through the metal object to the other side of whatever is holding the metal object in the socket.
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Damaged plugs are dangerous because...
Safety features may be broken
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Color of live wire?
Brown
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Color of earth wire?
Yellow / green
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Color of neutral wire?
Blue
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Long cables are dangerous because..
Back
The longer the cable, the greater the chance of it becoming damaged and dysfunctional. These long cables can be hard to replace and would take a lot of work to fix as they are a big part of circuits.
Card 3
Front
Water near cables is dangerous because...
Back
Card 4
Front
Metal objects stuck into sockets is not a good idea because...
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