POINTS TO REMEMBER(from the author)
1.There were over 100 houses exposed to this high induced current condition(not just the 1 in the picture).
2.The utility had measured this high current condition approx. 1 year earlier.
3.This same electrical arcing condition could be occurring inside all these homes(between the TV cable/converrter/amplifier etc. and the AC power ground).Anyone of these homes could have caught fire inside at any time.
4.As professional engineers,upon discovering this problem , A. we immediately ordered the cable systems be disconnected(to break this current loop) B. notified the head of the local electrical safety group. C. co-ordinated an emergency site meeting the next day
Approx. 2 days later a remedial solution was implemented. Patrick Lynch
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