Free Air Arcing of electricity (fwd)

[William Beaty <billb@ESKIMO.COM>]

someone needing expertise in HV arcs to power lines

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:31:42 +1000
From: "Paterson, Brent BA" <Paterson.Brent.BA@bhp.com>
To: billb@eskimo.com
Subject: Free Air Arcing of electricity

Bill

I recently participated in a fatality investigation where the electrical
charged "free air arced" across a gap from high voltae power lines (33,000
V) to the nose of a truck mounted crane.

I was wondering if you could help pointing me to find out where to gather
more information on this.

regards
Brent Paterson
Safety Manager
BHP Building Products Australia
* +61 2 9794 6455
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* : paterson.brent.ba@bhp.com.au
Mobile: 0407885796