Re: An Electrolytic ground plane

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Original poster: tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net 

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, Tesla list wrote:

 > Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi John,
 >
 > Just like in high voltage transmission lines, the voltage is very high but
 > the current is low.  Thus, a bunch of resistance in your ground plane is
 > not going to matter much.  Wet dirt is far overkill!!!

I'd have to disagree with this. The voltage and current are both high in
big transmission lines. The conductors are quite large, they just look
small from the ground. Even tiny substation transformers are rated in mega
to tens of megawatts. That's not possible with low currents and high
voltages. They are probably in the hundreds if not more amps range.

KEN