[TowerTalk] High voltage lines

[Alan NV8A]

You and I know about Faraday cages, but it might have been a hard sell 
for the first people to try it.

I think I'd be more scared of crawling along those wires.

73

Alan NV8A


On 04/18/07 02:46 pm Wes Attaway (N5WA) wrote:

> What makes you think they were brave?  It's just simple physics!

>  Imagine how this concept was first proven to work.
> 
> Hey rookie, we've got a great job for you. We're going to fly you
> over to
> the high voltage lines and have you short them to the helicopter
> (new pilot
> for this too!). Then you're going to climb onto the lines and
> work on them
> while they are powered. Sure its safe! Put on this suit and it
> will protect
> you!
> 
> Now that first guy and his pilot were the brave ones!!