Electrical fields around transmission towers

[ptonsparky]

that one i'd consider very unlikely....
here's one that i learned that is even weirder....

i was designing power, data, and security for a horse barn.
(thoroughbreds. don't even ask.)

my electrical engineer, upon finding this out, wanted to know
if it was dairy or other type of barn... i said "what's the difference"?

here's the difference.... if everything is not grounded EXTREMELY well
in a dairy barn, the cows will not give milk, or will give reduced milk.
i figured i was just being twizzled, but he was dead serious. he said
that in a commercial milk barn, they will usually use a 20' chemical ground.

apparently, the problem is widespread enough that there is a firm
dedicated to the problem...

http://www.agrivolt.com/index_en.html

This is a major problem and is by no means limited to one firm looking into it. A horse barn is different than a dairy but I would certainly head the warning from your electrical engineer. You have a lot to read.

 

[ghostbuster]

This is a major problem and is by no means limited to one firm looking into it. A horse barn is different than a dairy but I would certainly head the warning from your electrical engineer. You have a lot to read.

I agree 100%,presently there are multi-million lawsuits ongoing (for eg. in Wisconsin) with dairy farms vs. the utility.

 

[robbietan]

in the Philippines, the supreme court recently ruled that transmission towers pose hazardous health risks. that they reached this decision using internet evidence from dodgy sources shows the risks of the electric industry that is forced to live in a world full of lawyers.

 

[jxofaltrds]

The road freezes because of the water dripping from the electric lines on to the road.

Take your ticker tester and walk under the lines. The first time that this happened to me I thought my phone was ringing.

The reading of the lines across my property under the lines is around 24mg. 600 feet away it drops to between 1.5-2.