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You must understand the concept of capacity: Capacity describes the amount of charge (number of electrons) needed to create a potential difference (voltage) acr
by jakobe 14y ago
You must understand the concept of capacity: Capacity describes the amount of charge (number of electrons) needed to create a potential difference (voltage) across a gap. The capacity between ground and shaver circuit is tiny, so only a really tiny number of electrons travels through you to put the shaver circuit on the same potential as ground.
The important thing here is that as soon as you ground the shaver circuit by touching it, there is a (tiny) static discharge, and then there is no force that restores any potential difference between ground and shaver circuit. The only force is the transformer, creating a potential difference between the two ends of the shaver circuit. But since that circuit is open, and again has a low capacity, barely any electrons need to move in order to create that potential difference.