If I might insert a line on the power lines and any kind of ladder
usage . there comes a time when a blnd person needs to consider safety
and having to ask a sighted person for advice. I'd like to see all of
you stay on this list and not be fried. of course maybe to be fried by a
power line there might have to be some bad wires but that is possible
too. when I first moved here and bought with my wife my inlaws estate
we found the wiring to be really really outdated even the wires leading
to the meter were partially exposed. then I learned my lesson when
using a metal extension ladder one day and a nice or decent neighbor
yelling" stop Lee oh my gawd stop" apparently I wa sinches inches
from a bare spot on the lines leading to the house which over the years
had brushed up against the corner of the roof and the end of a gutter.
It sure is great that you and I as blind folks can do many things but
at the same time keep in mind that maybe, just maybe we need a sighted
person t scope out some jobs we are about to do.Lee
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 10:25:15PM +0100, Kevin Doucet
wrote:
> Wow! Thanks for the explanation.
>
>
> At 02:14 PM 5/17/2008, you wrote:
>
> >Kevin, a fiberglass ladder basically will not conduct electricity.
> >The problem lies with the voltage level and surface dirt. I am not
> >sure at what voltage level it starts at; but when around high
> >voltage lines that run on top of poles and near buildings, one has
> >to allow room. Voltages in the 12,000 to 15,000 volt range will
> >follow a path to ground, it does not necessarily need a conductor,
> >just a potential difference that leads to ground. Humid situations
> >with dirt lower path resistance and allow path flow at lower
> >voltages. One also has to remember that at those voltages, survival
> >rate is next to zero.
> >..................bob
> >
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> Thanks.
>
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> Kevin Doucet
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> confuse as says
>
> Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly!
>
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