Powerlines

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Apr 27 18:48:16 1999

On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Daniel T. Burrows wrote:

> I agree in principle but I just double checked my memory and just looked at
> my HT feed. It is only connected to the HT line and then drops down into a
> conduit and under ground for the ~800 feet to the pedistal mounted
> transformer. There is only the 1 connection at the pole. A friend of mine
> used to burry lines for the local phone company and has hit on occasion
> (when the locator screwed up) the 14KV drops and said all he ever finds is a
> single wire from the result. He did say it is impressive when it gets
> shorted however. He has melted teeth off the backhoe bucket and his ears
> hurt for a while afterwords. It also works wonders on the ditch witch teeth
> and the vibrating plow blades. Even though the power drops are supposed to
> be a minimum of 3 feet down that is not always the case.
>
> Dan
 
I've just gotta ask! Does it bring the worms to the surface when it
rains?
                                                 - don
Received on Tue Apr 27 1999 - 18:48:16 BST