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Overhead elec sparks

  • 31-03-2012 11:03AM
    #1
    Cookie_Monster
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    So most would be familiar with the blue sparks from the lines on the DART etc.

    Today driving home in new zealand I noticed the sparks from the lines here are green, any idea why?


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  • #2
    Damokc
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    Blue upside down is green...........


  • #3
    flyingsnail
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    Because they are using environmentally friendly green electricity.:P


  • #4
    corktina
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    brecuse you were langered?


  • #5
    CaptainFreedom
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    Do you know offhand what the voltage was?


  • #6
    foggy_lad
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    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    So most would be familiar with the blue sparks from the lines on the DART etc.

    Today driving home in new zealand I noticed the sparks from the lines here are green, any idea why?
    What direction does the water in the toilet swirl when you flush? oh and it is probably a different voltage to that used here or the cables have some mineral or compound included in their manufacture to possibly reduce arcing/sparcks which causes the sparks to appear green?


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  • #7
    highlydebased
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    Wiki says they use the same voltage as here for railway- 1500v.


  • #8
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,645 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    corktina wrote: »
    brecuse you were langered?
    when I wrote the OP yes, when I was driving across the North Island, no:)
    foggy_lad wrote: »
    What direction does the water in the toilet swirl when you flush?

    the opposite way :D


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