Safety Warning - Stay well away from powered up high voltage 'pole pig' transformers
By the way Gerard, in a previous video of yours you placed a clamp meter right on the high voltage wire between the two high voltage 'pole pig' transformers, and that was/is extremely dangerous. The higher the current capacity of your generator powering the high voltage transformers, the more dangerous it is. If arcing occurs to someone from such a high voltage transformer arrangement because someone gets too close, they could be fried to a crisp. This is no joke. What you did in that video by not only going near the high voltage wire/terminals of the high voltage transformers but also actually placing a clamp meter that you were holding in your hand on the high voltage wire was extremely dangerous. Had arcing occurred there you could very well have been killed or very seriously injured. Experimenting with high voltage power line transformers is extremely dangerous unless you are well versed in safety procedures for working around such high voltage equipment. Again, you need need to stay far back from high voltage power line transformers when they are powered up.
By the way Gerard, in a previous video of yours you placed a clamp meter right on the high voltage wire between the two high voltage 'pole pig' transformers, and that was/is extremely dangerous. The higher the current capacity of your generator powering the high voltage transformers, the more dangerous it is. If arcing occurs to someone from such a high voltage transformer arrangement because someone gets too close, they could be fried to a crisp. This is no joke. What you did in that video by not only going near the high voltage wire/terminals of the high voltage transformers but also actually placing a clamp meter that you were holding in your hand on the high voltage wire was extremely dangerous. Had arcing occurred there you could very well have been killed or very seriously injured. Experimenting with high voltage power line transformers is extremely dangerous unless you are well versed in safety procedures for working around such high voltage equipment. Again, you need need to stay far back from high voltage power line transformers when they are powered up.



It is not just about how high the voltage is or what the frequency is, but it is also about the current capacity of the generator powering the system. Voltage x current = power. At very low power levels you may not even notice much of a shock at frequencies above 10 kHz or so depending how you contact the high voltage, but at higher and higher power levels the danger level increases quickly.
Linesmen use very special safety equipment rated at a very high voltage like say a 30kV safety rating, and they check their equipment such as the special very thick rubber gloves they use daily for wear and damage such as pin prick holes, etc. Even with safety equipment on they still take various other precautions to reduce risks. They are trained to know what they can and cannot touch and to know what to keep a safe distance from and what those safe distances are, etc.




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