'HIGH VOLTAGE': Utah Police Crack Down on People Swinging from Hammocks on Power Lines
https://www.newsweek.com/high-voltag...-lines-1614979
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'HIGH VOLTAGE': Utah Police Crack Down on People Swinging from Hammocks on Power Lines
https://www.newsweek.com/high-voltag...-lines-1614979
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Darwin smiles.Originally Posted by Rex Clifton
Five Basic Principles of Going Lighter (not me... the great Cam Honan of OZ)
“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.” ~ Gen. George S Patton
I’m shocked, I tell you I’m shocked!
"That there's GAMBLING going on here!......" (Casablanca)
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Pirating – Corporate Takeover without the paperwork
"For a couple of bucks, get a weird haircut and waste your life away" Bryan Adams....
"Hammock hangs are where you go into the woods to meet men you've only known on the internet so you can sit around a campfire to swap sewing tips and recipes." - sargevining on HF
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Probably my favourite film of all time.
Anyway ...
There's always a bright spark!
Better weight than wisdom, a traveller cannot carry - Viking proverb
"These lines carry 75,000 kilovolts..."
Is that a typo or are they actually running 75 million volts on those lines?!?
So it’s obviously a bad idea to do this. It should go without saying but saying it none the less…
But I didn’t see anyone hanging from the lines. The pylon itself shouldn’t have anything running through it. Even if you are hanging on the line… that’s what the service people do (obviously not in a hammock…) and what birds do all the time. It isn’t actually as ludicrous as it seems because you’re not making a circuit (if you’re doing it right). It isn’t the potential, it’s the potential difference that matters. Of course you’re not going to be able to get onto it like they do…
https://youtu.be/9YmFHAFYwmY
https://energized.edison.com/stories...on-power-lines
Once again. Still unbelievably dumb and future Darwin Award winners if there’s a little bad luck. But the physics is interesting.
Last edited by MutterMumble; 08-01-2021 at 21:39.
Yeah, but when this baby hits 1.21 gigawatts, you’re gonna see some serious stuff."These lines carry 75,000 kilovolts and that power can jump from the lines. This activity is extremely risky," it added.
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likely a typo as most US high transmission lines are limited to 500kv. AEP owns several 765kv lines including one in Indiana and one in West VA. Still, wouldn’t want to be near any of those lines…
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