[Elecraft] OT: K3 and High Tension Wires

[Phil Kane]

On 3/15/2016 2:05 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:

> Count the "fins" on the insulators to estimate the voltage.  69-70 KV
> are often on large umbrella type or short hanging ones.  The 112 KV were
> hanging from ones with about 6 sections.  230 KV usually have 12-14
> sections.  500 KV [and DC interties] have too many to count.

My wife spent a good part of her working career as an engineering
designer for industrial power and instrumentation projects including
generating and transmission substations.  "Low voltage" meant that the
insulators were less than a meter long.  :)
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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon