We've seen talks of measuring soil conductivity on this and the LF lists. There is a guy in my church who does a lot of mission work in Africa and runs a small ag mfg business. Also a company buildin
That sounds like an urban legend. A Google search for "Congo fatal static charge" comes up with not a single reference. The physics of the idea doesn't make sense to me either. 73, Dave AB7E Supp
Author: Bob Matthews via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2022 17:13:47 -0500
Does this have anything to do with the Cation Exchange Capacity, CEC? This is a soils ability to hold nutrients in place until they can be used by the microbes. The Higher the CEC, the higher the num
That sounds like an urban legend. A Google search for "Congo fatal static charge" comes up with not a single reference. The physics of the 73, Dave AB7E I don't know about this specific thing bei
That's a different situation, of course, but certainly very true. I bet lots of people have multiple grounds connected to their homes, and most don't realize they do or the potential effect of it.
I wonder if the Congo power grid distribution isn't SWER - Single Wire Earth Return, which was very common in the US early electrification of rural areas. Fatalities did occur when the HV (8Kv and up
farm! We used to have have two houses on different electric feeds that had common galvanized pipe plumbing. This was very problematical with respect to the use of cold water pipes as electrical gro
I'll check next Sunday with the missionary guy. He's the moderator or our church and has been there many times. Soil conductivity is related to amount of sand, silt, and clay as well a bit of mineral
Engineers from BBC and ABC-TV were active members of the AES Standards Committee, on which I have served for nearly a quarter century. ABC-TV has (or had at that time) major facilities on opposite si
On 1/9/2022 4:48 PM, David Gilbert wrote: That's a different situation, of course, but certainly very true. I bet lots of people have multiple grounds connected to their homes, and most don't realiz
On 1/9/22 8:10 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 1/9/2022 3:26 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: The grounds for these independent systems are subject to considerable voltage differences and will draw consid
On 1/9/22 8:22 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 1/9/2022 4:48 PM, David Gilbert wrote: That's a different situation, of course, but certainly very true. I bet lots of people have multiple grounds connected t