>>> This link (now running at +/- 500kV, since 1982) terminates at the Sylmar
>>> converter substation just north of Los Angeles and carries arount 3 GW.
>> I seem to recall someone telling me that the Sylmar link was capable of
>> single-ended operation against a ground return?
>
> Yes.. actually a sea return. There's a bunch of "ground electrodes" in the
> ocean, at least at the southern end. A 48 km transmission line connects
> them. One of those links describes it.
Does one not want to be out in those waters in their
aluminum rowboat when they switch to the sea return
ground-only mode?
:-)
--
Thanks! & 73,
doc, KD4E
... somewhere in FL
URL: bibleseven (dot) com
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