On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Damien Solodow <[email protected]> wrote: > I don’t think that’s chainmail, it’s more likely something non-conductive. J
As someone already pointed out, it is indeed conductive. It's basically a faraday cage you can wear -- keeps the electricity flowing *around* them, on the outside. Otherwise, the people hanging on to the power line get a wicked prickly feeling all over their body. Pretty crazy, though, to think about the fact that when they're hanging on the line like that, their body is energized to the same potential as the line -- maybe a few hundred thousand volts! Here's a good pic of one about to clamp on: http://ww3.powerlineman.com/lforum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1587&stc=1&d=1227381267 And here's one guy sitting on the line: http://s.ytimg.com/vi/6_NEAEGeFIw/0.jpg -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
