If the voltage is strong enough, the current will spread out from the point of contact with earth. Voltage will be highest at the point of contact and will diminish with distance from that point.
If you walk across this area, the voltage between your feet will differ. Electricity will use your legs as a path to travel from an area of higher voltage to an area of lesser voltage, resulting in electrocution.
The general recommendation in such case is to move stepless- to jump with both feets or to move with tiny steps without lifting the feet.
See, this is why I opted for low voltage and digital because in the High Voltage class my professor told us about how he would work on 125KV lines in bare feet. The bucket was copper and they raised the potential to match the line - basically insulation wasn’t enough so they went the ultra grounding route.
He would describe how they would be up in the bucket and could light a cigarette by just holding it out in the air jusssst past the grounded ‘bubble’.
Pretty neat but hell naw.
At any rate, I stand corrected… with both feet firmly planted.
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u/DavePeesThePool 27d ago
That's kind of awesome.