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In article <1203@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Greg Ebert) writes:

>I had an insulator from a 16KV power line which had an unusual melted spot on
>the mounting flange, like someone heated it with a torch and let the molten
>metal 'run' a bit. I've always wondered if it was from a lightning strike.

I've read that dc voltage (maybe .0000115 HZ ?) is induced into power lines
at about 7 volts per kilometer with current in the amp range. I wonder
if anyone has tried to use this as a power source. A article in Spectrum
said that this was suspected as the cause of a major power backout in
Canada a few years ago. The induced DC voltage saturated the core of
the big step up transformers which then generated harmonics that overloaded
and tripped the breakers.
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