Can Power Lines Really Light a Bulb in Your Hand?

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Yes and it's all to do with capacitance. In electrical circuit design this effect is known as parasitic capacitance since it's undesired and may have to be taken into account, especially in very high frequency circuits used in computers and radios.

The Action Lab explains it all in his usual fascinating way in this new video posted just a few hours ago.

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