[AT] Garden tractor???/Now RF hazard

[Chuck Bealke]

On 1/26/2010 12:06 PM, Guy Fay wrote:
> I grew up next to some big highn power lines. You could walk under the lines
> with one of the flourescent flashlights and yes, they'd begin to glow.-------------------------------
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Guy,

Don't know much about the glow, but I heerd that a big power draw can 
make them sag a bit.  A local here named Jerry Jones built a little 
sports arena to replace Texas Stadium - kind a of a testament to his 
humility.  Power lines to the place hang over I-30 not far to the 
north.  When the lights and air conditioning are on for a contest, the 
lines evidently can sag in the middle about four or five feet - still 
way too high up to snag even the tallest unwary truck.  This info came 
from an Electrical Engineer bud I was talking to on a restaurant deck in 
full view of the lines while grading a Belgian ale, but it was early 
into the first ale and the guy is very sharp and not given to exaggeration.

Chuck Bealke