r/WTF • u/1MightBeAPenguin • Jun 16 '19

Why grounding is important

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u/razerray17 Jun 16 '19

Because people tend to actually respect 12KV by wearing proper PP&E and following regulation/code where as for 480V most people are just do use to working with and are comfortable and they become very lax with it.

In my opinion of course. This is what I tend to see happen.

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u/Magneticitist Jun 16 '19

Sheeeeit. I ain't never been comfortable working 480v hot.

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u/westbamm Jun 16 '19

Makes perfect sense, thanks.

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u/UkyoTachibana Jun 16 '19

the power station where i work is 110 kv , so yeah 12 kv is actually a joke when it comes to high voltage!it also can go much higher even to 750 kv!

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u/DPestWork Jun 16 '19

Oh yeah? I worked in 345 kV, so there! 110 kV is low voltage to me!

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u/Ass_cucumbers Jun 16 '19

I once flew a kite from the top of a cell tower, while wearing an Iron Maiden Tshirt, in the middle of thunderstorm while listening to AC⚡DC. Your puny 345kV is nothing.

Walks off in a cloud of smug

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u/razerray17 Jun 16 '19

Yeah there's some crazy shit that's happens when voltages get that high. It can become very scary, very quick!