wrote:
I had a group of trees trimmed for $800 bucks. The sales guy was
helpful and nice. The crew arrived on schedule but 5 guys rater than 6.
I didnt care and offered to help drag branches and they said yes.

The in the tree guy was careless, and nearly killed himself and
others

Dropped huge branches on house roof, knocked over and ruined pole
light, then dropped a branch on a 15,000 volt line in front of home.
always wondered what a high tension line would look like shorted, never
want to see it again. knocked out power for 5 miles......

left carbon tracks on street. spark display and explosion was unreal,
idiot neighbor drove around barricades and nearly drove over downed
lines, and we werent sure if they were still live....

A close second to this one maybe?

http://home.comcast.net/~jwisnia18/temp/zap.mpg

I never learned if that clip documents a test, a normal switch opening,
or something gone wrong, but I'd sure like someone who knows about high
voltage transmission systems to clue me in.

Jeff
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Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."