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To: staytrue
Now if a bird lands on a power line and you throw the bird a line connected to the ground, the bird gets zapped.

Unless the line the bird is standing on is insulated.

13 posted on 04/09/2014 10:40:50 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: ElkGroveDan

I don’t think most high tension lines are. It would be quite expensive.


15 posted on 04/09/2014 10:41:36 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: ElkGroveDan

I’m not positive about this, but I think that it’s very difficult to insulate very high voltages.


26 posted on 04/09/2014 11:31:10 PM PDT by matthew fuller (No, I don't miss GWB- I miss Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld.)
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