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Default Electric pylons... are they noisy?

In message , tony sayer
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In article , John
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Some are only (!) 132kv. They are local distribution and tend to be quiet.

Don't climb up with your voltmeter! There is usually a notice with the
voltage. Long insulators = higher voltage.

http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/bigh/bigh/pylonof.htm


Ah great!. I wondered where than site had gone. Just like the American
one the electric pole shrine..a tribute to the lone electric linesman...


I remember sending him a load of photos of microwave towers I worked on
a few years ago - the word "obsessed" springs to mind

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geoff