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| shardian:
--- Quote from: Random24 on November 10, 2006, 08:23:41 am ---A bit off topic, but here is a neat video of what happens when a power station's 500 KVA switch is thrown. http://mfile.akamai.com/5022/wmv/coast.download.akamai.com/5022/video/LugoSWR.asx --- End quote --- I'm no expert on super high voltage stuff, but that video sure looks fake. |
| ChadTower:
Looks like a tesla coil concept... could easily be fake, though. |
| Random24:
Here is a good explanation of what is going on in the video. http://www.wiseguysynth.com/larry/day.htm |
| lokki:
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on October 30, 2006, 11:46:26 am --- --- Quote from: shardian on October 27, 2006, 11:27:14 am ---If I remember correctly from my Ciruits II days, power lines carry 14,000 volts. --- End quote --- Depends. Typical for our area, the top-most lines on the poles carry 13.2kv. Chad's right, if depressing. Get tangled up in that and it'll burn you to a cinder after it stops your --- End quote --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power_transmission Actually it depends on region/country and generating company. And distance from generation to consumption. If the distance between the power plants and the cities that they are serving are huge. The voltage on the transmission lines is upped (since there is a lot of loss over the distance). This is the case in contries like russia where a Water Dam (and hydro Plant) could be 100's of miles from any cities. Transmission voltages of up to 2000 Kv are used. This has a chart of some of the voltages that some companies use. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HVDC |
| whammoed:
Got everything set up. Ran the 220 line myself. The buck booster is the Gray box on the wall. It plugs into the 220 socket and the tanning bed plugs into it. Drops the voltage by 16. |
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