Re: RE: [Fractint] FOTD 04-08-02 (Screw Propeller [5])

5 Aug 2002

      Downed power line OFTEN lay on the ground sparking...

The sparks may only be 10's of amps and the conductuctors
are good for hundreds or thousands of amps... so there is little
chance of a breaker trip unless the wires contack each other.

The power supply will happily arc for days.  I had a downed power
line in my backyard... slowly sawing (arcing) its way through
a large tree. When I called the utility... they said

"Call us back when its sawing through a HOUSE.... <click>"

Guess they had more important calls to make :^P   ???

Harry Bissell <resume lurk>

--------Original Message--------  

From: schamber@uwm.edu
To: <fractint@mailman.xmission.com>
Sent: Aug 5 2002 08:57
Subject: RE: [Fractint] FOTD  04-08-02  (Screw Propeller [5])
...
I, too, have seen a live wire on the ground. It was particularly distressing
because at the time I was living in a community house (13 people) and there
were people coming and going at all hours and no way to warn the people
coming home that the back door, which was used most often, wasn't
particulary safe. Also the power company didn't seem too disturbed by
imminent electrocution. Luckily no one was hurt.
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Deborah Schamber
UW System Institute on Race & Ethnicity
-----Original Message-----
At 14:26 05/08/2002, JimMuth@aol.com wrote:
...
After a day without power and a live wire sparking and
sputtering on the ground in the alley beside Fractal central,
That's something I've never understood - if that's a power line you're
referring to then in this country such an insult to the supply would cause
a circuit breaker to jump out and the whole line would've gone dead (and
the line company would be alerted). You just don't see live wires sparking
and sputtering on the ground - after all, that represents lost revenue to
the line company.
Morgan L. Owens
"Safety regulations alone demand it."

Re: RE: [Fractint] FOTD 04-08-02 (Screw Propeller [5])

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