Yes, this is a real and dangerous problem. Today. Even with grounding I’m afraid. Source: I’ve been working in an engineering capacity for 27 years and I have the license you’d need to build a nuclear power plant.
Things people underestimate in my opinion: Water. Wind. Transformers. Earthquakes. —L.B. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the world.” FCC License KJ6FJJ > On Aug 25, 2021, at 12:22 PM, Jay Hennigan <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 8/25/21 12:03, Jay Nugent wrote: >> Greetings, >> And in that moment before the circuit breaker on your generator trips, >> your 120/240 volts has been stepped up to 7200 through the "pole pig" >> transformer in your neighborhood, and has KILLED the lineman working to fix >> that 7200 feeder circuit. >> It only takes a MOMENT to stop someone's heart through electocution. It >> takes several milliseconds to pop a breaker. > > And it would have only taken that lineman a few seconds to attach a grounding > bond to the supposedly dead feeder and transformer before grabbing it > bare-handed while speculating as to why it sounds like there's an engine > running at constant RPM coming from the house connected to the service drop. > > Serious accidents are often caused not by a single failure but several. > > -- > Jay Hennigan - [email protected] > Network Engineering - CCIE #7880 > 503 897-8550 - WB6RDV
