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Dave Liquorice
 
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Default Electric pylons... are they noisy?

On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 18:03:31 GMT, Simon Avery wrote:

The big ones do buzz in misty or damp weather, very audibly. Maybe
you can't hear 'em behind double glazing,


Personally I wouldn't want to be that close to a big power line. I
know "they" say that the field is "harmless" but...

Overhead power lines (2 or 3 wires, 11 or 33kv) don't buzz,


Ours sing, I can't quite make up my mind if it's some curious
midfrequency oscilation in the single phase pole transformer or just
wind induced wire whistle that is amplified by the pole.

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