Re: O.T. Step Potential ...

Arfa Daily wrote:

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Going back to the step potential question, thanks all for your thoughts. You all seem to understand it pretty much as I (thought I) did. I think that the concentric circles thing is just an attempt at simplification so that it makes for an 'interesting' and understandable in principle article in a company mag for general reading by everyone i.e. office staff, managers, those in the field and so on. I think we'll settle on there being a potential gradient between the downed cable's point of contact with the ground, and the points around it where the land sinks back to inert ground potential.

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Geoff,

You didn't answer my question from my previous reply: does the article
imply or depict "expanding" equipotential rings around the downed
cable over time, thus implying some electro-chemical effect that
makes the area more dangerous over time?

Michael
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