Sounds like Ignoramusville. That happens a lot there.

"Gunner" wrote in message
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On Tue, 15 May 2007 07:37:21 GMT, Bruce L. Bergman
wrote:

On Sun, 13 May 2007 18:52:33 GMT, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote:
"Bruce L. Bergman" wrote in
message
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Unless you want to be up for multiple counts of Murder 2 for
backfeeding the utility service and killing a few workers
...snip

OK, you just went over the top.

Not at all - a person properly trained in electricity theories,
construction codes and the like would know the risks involved, and
if
he did cause a backfeed into the utility system anyway and someone
dies, Murder 2 (done deliberately but with no premeditation) would
be
a reasonable charge to level.

Though I'd bet most career prosecutors would charge it as Murder 2
just so they could plea-bargain it down to an easy Manslaughter.

IANAL, but even 120VAC is a potentially lethal voltage. And when
it
kicks backward through a transformer and is suddenly boosted to 5KV
to
35KV or more, then it's really easy to "reach out and touch
someone."

And I have personal knowledge of how massive screw-ups of this
magnitude can and do happen, but please DAMHIKT. Let's just say it
wasn't pretty, and leave it at that.

-- Bruce --


There is a video on YuTube where a nutcase climbed a power pole..and
a
crew was trying to get him down. The audio segment can be heard
"its
ok..the power is off" followed by one of the guys grabbing a line to
reach over to grab the crazy guy. Needless to say..the power wasnt
off.

Ayup..not pretty.

Gunner

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