Q) We should not try to put out a fire in an electrical appliance by pouring water on it. why?

A) This is because water such as tap water , salt water has ions and salts which can conduct electricity (except distilled water ) . Pouring water such as tap water will increase the fire caused by the electrical appliances it increases the flow of electric current which produces more light and heat (fire). It can also cause serious injuries to the person pouring the water which may also lead to his / her death.

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We should not try to put out a fire in an electrical appliance by pouring water on it because the water is conductor of electricity and can leads to short circuit and one can get electric shock

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Q) Why should you not touch electrical appliances with wet hands?

A) This is because when we wash our hands with tap water which contains a lot of salt and ions this gets transmitted to our hands . When we touch the electrical appliances with wet hands ,the electric current passes from the appliance till our hands due to which we may get electric shock.

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Q. Electrical conductivity of distilled water can be increased by adding salt to it.

Explain why, fire caused by electricity should not be extinguished by pouring water.

Q. If you take tap water and pass electricity then tap water will conduct electricity but why we were all told not to turn on/off the switches with wet hands.
Statement 1: Tap water contains ions and is good conductor of electricity.
Statement 2: Distilled water and urea does not contain ions.

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Your answer is correct , but the reason is explained below. We should not try to put out a fire in an electrical appliance by pouring water on it because the water is conductor of electricity and can leads to short circuit and one can get electric shock

Your answer is correct , but the reason is explained below.

We should not try to put out a fire in an electrical appliance by pouring water on it because the water is conductor of electricity and can leads to short circuit and one can get electric shock