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http://www.glumbert.com/media/highpowerPretty cool video in case you ever wondered how them birds can sit on a wire without getting smoked. It's only 250k V per wire.
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Rick
"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." Sigmund Freud
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Sigh.... dialup. Bad dialup.
Can someone describe it to me ?
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Well, ever wonder how the power company maintains high voltage suspended power lines that you drive by from time to time? You know, the ones that some communities blame birth defects on? The video is of a lineman catching a ride on a chopper, equalizing the flux between the line and the chopper, then crawling down the line to inspect it wearing a wire mesh suit and gloves to provide a path for half a million volts to travel around his body (they used to go bare handed, without gear until they realized the long term effects that high voltage has on soft tissue).
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Hey that looks like fun, I want to move to Alaska, do you have a job waiting for me, my friend? lol 
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I saw this a couple weeks ago and it's just as amazing the second time around. Where would we be without Michael Faraday?
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Very cool. Nice video.
Thanks, Mike!
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I like the quote at the end...
"I'm only afraid of three things: Electricity, heights, and women... And I'm married too."
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Nice find Mike. The ride to the wires sitting outside the chopper seems like a blast as well. The music in the video is a great fit, too.
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Quote:
I saw this a couple weeks ago and it's just as amazing the second time around. Where would we be without Michael Faraday?
Or Tesla...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
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