Originally Posted by
AlmostTrick
You are riding along and come upon a downed power line. What do you do? (answer poll)
Depends on if it's just someone's crazy uncle's extension cord across the road to steal power or not.
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"Overhead power transmission lines are classified in the electrical power industry by the range of voltages:
- Low voltage (LV) – less than 1000 volts, used for connection between a residential or small commercial customer and the utility.
- Medium voltage (MV; distribution) – between 1000 volts and 69,000 volts, used for distribution in urban and rural areas.
- High voltage (HV; subtransmission less than 100,000 volts; subtransmission or transmission at voltages such as 115,000 volts and 138,000 volts), used for sub-transmission and transmission of bulk quantities of electric power and connection to very large consumers.
- Extra high voltage (EHV; transmission) – over 230,000 volts, up to about 800,000 volts, used for long distance, very high power transmission.
- Ultra high voltage (UHV) – higher than 800,000 volts."
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