[RFI] Anyone observed damage to the "guard wire grounds"?

Andy ingraham.ma.ultranet at rcn.com
Fri Jun 19 15:50:19 PDT 2009


> Have you noticed that many of these wires are severed?

Back when I was a kid and used to get around by foot or bike, I used to pay
a bit of attention to the utility poles (often without understanding
everything about them).

I frequently saw the ground wires, and still do.  Mostly on the poles with
transformers.

I never saw a severed ground wire.

Who would cut them, anyway?  (Other than jerks doing it just for fun,
probably on off-weeks when they aren't smashing mailboxes.)

I don't see much connection to RFI.  If there is something on the line
causing RFI, I'd think it would happen whether or not the ground wire is
intact, though it might affect its magnitude.

Andy



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