On 3/15/2016 2:05 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > Count the "fins" on the insulators to estimate the voltage. 69-70 KV > are often on large umbrella type or short hanging ones. The 112 KV were > hanging from ones with about 6 sections. 230 KV usually have 12-14 > sections. 500 KV [and DC interties] have too many to count.
My wife spent a good part of her working career as an engineering designer for industrial power and instrumentation projects including generating and transmission substations. "Low voltage" meant that the insulators were less than a meter long. :) -- -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 >From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
