Why Don’t Electric Stove Coils Shock You?

[Undoubtedly0]

Hi all. Electric stoves work by running a current through highly-resistant coils, correct? Why, however, does touching the coils not deliver one a shock (considering that a person would be lest resistant than the coils)?

 

[Integral]

Because the current carrying part of the element is electrically insulated from the visible (touchable) surfaces.

 

[sophiecentaur]

The insulation is in the form of a ceramic powder which can take any temperature that the heating element can reach and is 'fluid' enough to allow for quite a lot of expansion and contraction plus physical deformation. (Same technique as in fire proof cabling)