[Elecraft] Fwd: OT: K3 and High Tension Wires

[Phil Kane]

On 3/15/2016 3:17 PM, Alan wrote:

> I suspect that HT lines are probably less likely to have arcing than
> lower-voltage lines, simply because it would be a much bigger problem
> for the power company if they did.

Arcing represents a loss of energy, which for most power utilities means
loss of revenue.  For a while, a member of the extended family dated a
power line tech whose job it was to "sniff" the insulators along a 240KV
transmission line for the local utility on a regular basis.  It takes
strange people do that job.  :)
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