Question
Can two equipotential surfaces cut each other?
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Answer
At the point of intersection, two normals can be drawn. Also, we know that electric field lines are perpendicular to the equipotential surface. This implies that at that point two different directions of the electric field are possible, which is not possible physically.
Hence, two equipotential surfaces cannot cut each other.
Hence, two equipotential surfaces cannot cut each other.
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