Wednesday, November 16th, 2005 - 10:47 PM
Power Lines
I work near power lines. They’re above the parking lot. When I walk through the parking lot, I hear them buzz and crackle. Why do they crackle and buzz? What’s really happening up there? Specifically, what causes the crackling sound? I suggested to a co-worker that it might be arcing, but he was skeptical, since that’d be an awful lot of power being wasted.
Here’s a picture of the power lines I took on a walk a couple weeks ago:
December 18th, 2005 at 10:37 am
I’ve always assumed it was some sort of arcing, but if that’s the case, why don’t we see it flashing at night? This bears further investigation.
d.
June 18th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Better late than never… Probably hearing the corona discharge… It may not be visable…