Re: i probably should have asked this at some point earlier in my life
- From: Smitty Two <prestwhich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:37:21 -0700
In article <46b4140d$0$30670$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Stormin Mormon" <cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com> wrote:
When I asked this question, the answer was because the bird only
perches on one wire. It's less resistance for the electric to go
down the wire than up the bird, and down the other side of the
bird.
If a bird spanned two wires, it'd get fried. Or if you could
ground the bird, it would again be fried.
--
Interesting that people now work on high tension lines (frequently 500
kv or even 1,000,000 V) bare handed. They use fiberglass bucket trucks
that keep them insulated from the ground. Still I think they grab the
wire with a semi-conducting rod to charge their bodies up to that
potential slowly.
.
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