Date: Wed Mar 18 15:52:58 2009 ** **Back to Contents ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **

Author: Bernard Cleyet

Subject: Re: Power Lines and cows?

Post:

I thought we were discussing power lines that don't move WRT the
earth and its mag. field.

bc must reread recent posts?


On 2009, Mar 18, , at 12:25, Paul Nord wrote:

> BC,
>
> No... or probably not much. But the earth rotates. And a
> conductor moving in a magnetic field will produce an induced voltage.
>
> Paul
>
> On Mar 18, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
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>> The earth's mag. field rotates?
>>
>> bc
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>> On 2009, Mar 18, , at 07:40, Paul Nord wrote:
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>>> Do north-south power lines induce a DC current as they spin
>>> through earth's magnetic field?
>>
>
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