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Old 02-10-2023, 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy View Post
and believe it or not, its DC current, not AC. .

and its about 10KV per porcelain suspension insulators. . .

coachk's father worked on the substations in the power industry. .
so she whipped that statistic out.

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Excuse me????????? No.

Power is transmitted at high voltage AC because little current is needed. That minimizes that line loss over the long transmission distances.