TEAM EFFORT: The Fires of Canneto di Caronia

[HighPotential]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4669114/

Any ideas how we can explain this one?

-HP

 

[alehman]

I've seen stories about this a few times before. Supposedly the town was "rewired and grounded", at which point the problem stopped for a while. Apparently it has started again and now the problem persists even though all the electric power in the town supposedly remains turned off.

Maybe there's a (misconnected) generator somewhere that no one knows about. Or maybe it is time to sacrifice a goat!

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/9290795.htm?1c

 

[notnats]

A very high ground potential?

Jeff

 

[MikeHalloran]

The candidate most deserving of investigation is leakage from the nearby railway.




Mike Halloran
NOT speaking for
DeAngelo Marine Exhaust Inc.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

 

[notnats]

If the earth return from the railway has a high resistance through some geological phenomenon, is it possible that a heavily loaded loco could cause the village earth potential to rise by several kV relative to the LV distribution system?

Jeff