In article , PeterC
scribeth thus
On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:13:14 +0100 (BST), Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:13:43 +0100, wrote:

He may not have wanted to touch the line twice. It is also not clear
that the second contact involved the same part.

Looks to me that the second contact is his head rather than the raised arm
to steady himself for this first.

Could it be that a circuit breaker opened and auto reclosed that
quickly?

Seems a tad quick for an auto recloser.

Yes, on that sort of power it would take longer than ~1s.

I wondere if the line was DC, but when he stood up he was close to the line
and then he had to touch it so...

Turn up the sound and you'll hear the AC in the arc..
--
Tony Sayer