Re: Downed power lines
- From: John Larkin <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:34:50 -0700
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:19:06 -0500, "Abstract Dissonance"
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I'm curious as to how one, say if they are forced to, approach downedpower
lines. Is it possible to safely get past them?
A 11 foot pole (non conductive)
I was thinking that one could
"ground" each side of the lines by using a long wire that is grounded andtheres
this should provide a better path of least resistance then the human
body?
To me this would be a very safe method if one could be sure that the wire
was grounded properly and properly attached to the power lines but is
something I'm missing?
You ARE missing something. How do you attach your ground wire without
contacting a "hot" wire?
It shouldn't matter. Just like a bird can stand on a wire because its more
resistive then the wire itself.
No. It can do that because there's a single potential being contacted,
namely no current path through the bird.
You just have to make sure the wire is closer to the power lines than your
body so it doesn't arc to you to get to the wire. I suppose there might be
a conductive path through the ground too so maybe you gotta hop on one foot.
Bizarre.
John
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