Can electricity pass through glass ?

Externet

Well-Known Member
Hi.
Given enough voltage, will energized things on sides of ~3mm plain glass spark into/across to the other side ? Like plates of a capacitor arcing ?

 
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An insulator is essentially a dielectric... two plates on either side of a dielectric form a capacitor. AC passes through a capacitor. So even those rubber sole shoes won't save you if the voltage is large enough and it's AC. Even if the DC is high enough it can punch through the dielectric.
 
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