Effect of High Tension Power Lines
In our area, many of the RV storage centers (including mine) are located under high tension power transmission lines. When parked under the lines, touching any metal part of my 5th wheel gives me qui...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
The high voltage lines (13K 66K 220K 500K 1M) are NOT insulated so there is a LOT of induced voltage from those lines.
Yes you can light up a fluorescent light, yes you can feel a buzz but your on-board electronics are OK
What you stated is true. Induced electricity will shock the heck out of you. Back in the day of open wire telephone lines we had grounds on the line to take the induce electricity to ground. When we started to move customer to buried cable, we had to run a ground wire from open wire to ground or risk being shocked from the induced electricity when we got ready to remove the open wire lines. This happens when power lines run in the area of non grounded metal objects.
