Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet writes:

The wires out side my home on utility poles are maybe 480 volt NOT forty
six thousand. Now the voltage on the hi power transmission lines are
much much higher but they are not near by and they go to transformer
stations where the voltage is dropped and sent to consumers and still
more power pole transformers.. The closest transformer station to me is
8 miles away.

The transformer that feeds 240v to my domicile has 22kv on the primary side
(fed underground).