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Article #69Re: Edinburgh Waverley station improvements
From: Clive D. W. Feather
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 06:33
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 06:33
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In article <slrne35n5m.cvh.david@pepper.local.lan>, David M <david@bogus.domain.dom> writes >I was under the impression that the safe distance from these >kind of high voltages was a good couple of metres. The breakdown voltage of dry air is about 1kV per mm. So a 25kV line would need about an inch. In practice you allow more because of moisture in the air and other issues. But that will show you the order of magnitude involved. -- Clive D.W. Feather | Home: <clive@davros.org> Tel: +44 20 8495 6138 (work) | Web: <http://www.davros.org> Fax: +44 870 051 9937 | Work: <clive@demon.net> Please reply to the Reply-To address, which is: <clive@davros.org>
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X-Google-Thread: 105844,faafb5bc0d8bd17a X-Google-Thread: 109765,faafb5bc0d8bd17a X-Google-Thread: f86e1,faafb5bc0d8bd17a X-Google-Thread: f73ba,faafb5bc0d8bd17a X-Google-Attributes: gid105844,gid109765,gidf86e1,gidf73ba,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!nntp.theplanet.net!inewsm1.nntp.theplanet.net!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!feed4.jnfs.ja.net!feed1.jnfs.ja.net!jnfs.ja.net!qmul!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!on-the-train.demon.co.uk!clive From: "Clive D. W. Feather" <clive@on-the-train.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: scot.general,ed.general,free.uk.scotland.transport-railways,uk.railway Subject: Re: Edinburgh Waverley station improvements Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 07:33:35 +0100 Organization: Demon Internet Lines: 16 Message-ID: <67y1iyK$egNEFwHl@romana.davros.org> References: <slrne2gclk.b08.david@pepper.local.lan> <ij1q22tj0riv835usbhvrc2is2rduqalbc@4ax.com> <slrne35n5m.cvh.david@pepper.local.lan> Reply-To: "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive@davros.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: romana.davros.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1144391946 8016 83.104.183.163 (7 Apr 2006 06:39:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 06:39:06 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Turnpike/6.05-U (<8eKOXsv0MH3quZrCOwruId9w+S>)