Scared of Electricity Hights and Women. "High Votage"
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zog
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This gets posted here about once a month
Saw a different show about dangerous jobs or something to the effect helicopter blades give off static charge, which give the arcing when connecting to and from helicopter
very interesting .... I mean someone had to think of that!
who could have predicted how the future of electricity would become from flying a kite in a storm
very interesting .... I mean someone had to think of that!
who could have predicted how the future of electricity would become from flying a kite in a storm
kwired
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kwired
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If they didn't think of it ahead of time you can bet they thought of it after someone got shocked the first time.
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I nominate you as the head of the commission charged with studying specifically how many times it has been posted and at the end of the study we can publicly flog zog for exaggerating. 
zog
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Flog Zog, thats funny.
It is a cool video though, I used to show it to my students back in my teaching days.
It is a cool video though, I used to show it to my students back in my teaching days.
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Wouldn't you have loved to have been in the room the first time someone suggested that?
Cow
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Stevareno
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Technically, he's not grounding the helecopter. He's energizing the helecopter so there is no potential difference between it and the power line he is working on.
Technically, he's not grounding the helecopter. He's energizing the helecopter so there is no potential difference between it and the power line he is working on.
...the helicopter platform is isolated from the helicopter itself, the platform is what is becoming energized, or brought up to equal potential as the line voltage
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The helicopter itself also becomes line potential.
K8MHZ
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Technically, he's not grounding the helecopter. He's energizing the helecopter so there is no potential difference between it and the power line he is working on.
They call it 'bonding on'.
'Bonding on' is a part of 'bare handing'.
This is how it's taught:
http://www.tdpowerskills.com/node/83
petersonra
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kwired
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Cow
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I thought the video stated the platform was isolated
edit; I stand corrected!! thanks Bob
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T.M.Haja Sahib
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Actually,the live high voltage lines have residual charges on them so that when the ungrounded electrician touches them with his bare hands,he may receive a shock.To prevent this he touches the lines with his wand to distribute the charges equally.
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My brother in law used to light his cigarettes with the arc he could draw from his safety lanyard and a transmission line.
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