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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

SWBTATTReg

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8. Better to be safe than sorry. The power line companies have long argued that it's safe under power lines

Reply to DFW (Reply #7)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 01:44 PM

Oct 17

but I don't agree. Heck, w/ my hearing aids on, and I have them turned to the phone option (to hear on telephones), and I get too close to power being emitted, e.g., like embedded in a wall, I can hear the hum of the electric line in the wall! So, there is electro magnetic charges there, being emitted by the live wires.

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Colorado: Night thefts of copper wire worth $110,000 disrupted RTD trains 21 times since April [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 17 OP

Wow. I wonder if this is a common problem everywhere? SWBTATTReg Oct 17 #1

Yep. duncang Oct 17 #2

Well, rehabs (housing) is one common area we saw where the wiring was stolen out of some homes SWBTATTReg Oct 17 #3

It sure is a problem here in Germany DFW Oct 17 #4

Wow. I guess I don't feel bad if one of these crooks accidently electrocutes themselves, am I a bad person? SWBTATTReg Oct 17 #5

A high speed train is different from a cell phone, but maybe some day DFW Oct 17 #7

Better to be safe than sorry. The power line companies have long argued that it's safe under power lines SWBTATTReg Oct 17 #8

I don't think there is any 100% safe insulation/isolation DFW Oct 17 #9

I don't think they have had enough studies on these emissions causing such things, being that the power SWBTATTReg Oct 17 #10

I'm sure you're right DFW Oct 17 #11

Copper wire thefts on the rise, causing delays for Metro's rail lines - Los Angeles Times mahatmakanejeeves Oct 17 #6

We see this happening in Uruguay sanatanadharma Oct 17 #12