Thanks for the inclusion of the voltage/current/resistance explanation. I design high voltage electric substations for a living, even though I'm not very educated on electrical engineering. I'm more of a nuts and bolts type of guy that puts the physical parts together, but I have EEs that do the scientific electrical legwork for me. One thing I learned early was that current supersedes voltage. You can die from a 120V zap but you can also safely bare hand touch a 500kV transmission line under the proper circumstances. It's when you violate phase to phase or phase to ground when things go squirrely. Which is a segue to say that critters like squirrels, birds and snakes cause the majority of substation outages.
Spot on!
Thanks for the inclusion of the voltage/current/resistance explanation. I design high voltage electric substations for a living, even though I'm not very educated on electrical engineering. I'm more of a nuts and bolts type of guy that puts the physical parts together, but I have EEs that do the scientific electrical legwork for me. One thing I learned early was that current supersedes voltage. You can die from a 120V zap but you can also safely bare hand touch a 500kV transmission line under the proper circumstances. It's when you violate phase to phase or phase to ground when things go squirrely. Which is a segue to say that critters like squirrels, birds and snakes cause the majority of substation outages.
Yep. Current kills. I've taken 30K volt zaps when working on cars, and while they sting, that's all they do.
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