Re: transmission lines from transformer /was: First Light HELP

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>


Don't do this --- you could blow your pig with a cap at the other end!!!

Dr. Resonance

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>  > Original poster: Esondrmn@xxxxxxx
>  >
>  > Drew,
>  >
>  > Not sure about the HV cables hissing.  Do you have them laying on
>  > the
>  > cement?  What kind of wire are you using?  How close together are
>  > they?  I
>  > use RG213 with the outer jacket and ground sheath removed and the
>  > cables
>  > are sitting on 2 x 4s on the cement.
>
> Not sure that this is recomended but I use x-ray HV cables
> with the grounding sheaths intact and gronded at the mains
> ground at the pole transformer. They certainly don't hiss
> in this setup although this may be a NO-NO from an RF kick
> back stand-point?? I've heard that this type of setup also
> causes a "Blumline effect" which causes voltage levels to
> reach much higher than the output voltage of the transformer
> itself, but I have not had any pole pig transformers to even
> hiccup from running like this. One reason I do it this way
> is to stop the hissing and to make it safer if the lines are
> touched while energized. I know the electrical utility com-
> panies must use this method on all of their underground power
> lines. Any observation/comments from others on this matter
> are welcome....
>
>
> David Rieben
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