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   From: arl_123234@hotmail.com   
      
   On 08/08/2017 07:07 PM, Michael Moroney wrote:   
   >   
   > There was an incident like that when I was a kid on a lake where we had a   
   > cabin. The lake level was high and a sail boat lost control and drifted or   
   > was blown where power distribution lines passed near the shore line (over   
   > the water at the time), its mast struck the overhead distribution line and   
   > two people were killed.  The newspaper story reported the distribution   
   > line voltage was 4800 volts.  That power line and another one that passed   
   > over a channel were moved shortly thereafter.   
   >   
      
   Hello, and your story, while tragic, isn't anything new.  There's a   
   number of instances over the decades where a metallic conductor (antenna   
   mast, etc) from a ground vehicle came into contact with an overhead   
   medium voltage distribution line and people were either killed or   
   seriously injured.  In some instances where the vehicle was insulated   
   from earth via its tires the occupant(s) was able to jump clear of the   
   vehicle and survive.  Given that many of today's MV lines on utility   
   poles have line-to-earth potentials of 19 kV or higher, maintaining a   
   safe clearance distance can't be overstated.  Sincerely,   
   --   
   J. B. Wood	            e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com   
      
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