The 5 Inventions That Make Life Easier
Hmmm, these are good--a couple are great, but there are at least 5 others missing that should be on this lost. Plumbing?
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 8:25:09 AM
"The insulation on power lines cracks over time"
I'm sorry, what? You don`t actually think overhead distribution lines are coated in plastic, do you?
It`s exposed stranded aluminum. It`s exposed because, well, you have to provide less resistance to ground than the circuit is already built with before you`re in danger, that or crossing bus currents. It`s pretty much impossible to ground out a distribution line with a wooden stick.
I mean, you do see birds, and shoes, and random other stuff hanging from distribution lines, don`t you? They`re not bursting in flames because they don`t help the current get to ground any easier just by touching the exposed cable.
That stick is probably pushing 10million ohms. The pop was either A: dude pushed the B bus cable too close to the A bus cable when he touched it, crossing currents or B: the point of contact was close to an overload disconnect.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 4:42:00 AM
that lightning one cant be real unless that stick was saturated in water and it looks kind of dry to me, im gonna call it fake
Put simply, you're wrong. The insulation on power lines cracks over time and when morons like this guy mess with them. . . they get bit.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 11:47:01 PM
that lightning one cant be real unless that stick was saturated in water and it looks kind of dry to me, im gonna call it fake