alt.energy.renewable

Jim wrote:

> "Tim Neumann" wrote
> > "Jim" wrote
> >> I've seen Fulgurites (sp?) after storms. A wire would vaporize....
> >>
> >>
> > The point being the the bare wire, being the higher altitude, will direct
> > the strike to itself instead of to one of the phase wires below it. Sine
> > most of these wires are grounded every other pole or so, there is a rapid
> > route to ground through a sacrificial wire rather than an important one.
> > Who really cares if the wire survives the strike or not - the important
> > thing is that the phase wires did.
> >
> Only for a few milliseconds.....

Beforethey vapourised.

Graham