Induced power from nearby lines??
I think I'm getting electrical current induced into my RV from nearby overhead power lines. I'm within 60' of 3 oh high-voltage wires. Not sure of the voltage. When I went on my roof I grabbed t...
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Harvard is perfectly correct.
This is a capacitive voltage divider. The capacitor between the power lines and the RV is small compared to the capacitor between the RV and ground. Thus a large voltage between the lines and the RV and a small voltage between the RV and ground. This would hold true even if the lines were DC instead of AC.
The current drawn when you ground the RV would be small because the capacitance is small and the reactance is high.
This was discussed a few times and I made the same case for a capacitive divider. But no one agreed with me, I don’t expect them to this time!
This is a capacitive voltage divider. The capacitor between the power lines and the RV is small compared to the capacitor between the RV and ground. Thus a large voltage between the lines and the RV and a small voltage between the RV and ground. This would hold true even if the lines were DC instead of AC.
The current drawn when you ground the RV would be small because the capacitance is small and the reactance is high.
This was discussed a few times and I made the same case for a capacitive divider. But no one agreed with me, I don’t expect them to this time!
