RE: Why no corona? AC / DC transmission lines

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Original poster: "Dave Leddon by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <leddon1-at-llnl.gov>

Gary,
Maybe it's an issue of the actual beak-to-beak voltage.

Dave
At 09:30 AM 9/11/2002, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><Gary.Lau-at-hp-dot-com>
>
>While these HV lines clearly exhibit corona, what I can't figure out is why
>the ground under them isn't littered with bird carcasses.  Corona coming
>off their little beaks has GOT to hurt should they try to perch on the
>lines!  Is it just a case of being too large to perch on?
>
>Gary Lau
>MA, USA


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