I've been following the thread. If I'm dumb enough to back feed through the transformer into the downstream side of the downed line, how is it going to be a problem if linemen are grounding the phases on *both sides* of the work area. That's what Ben seemed to be implying.
-A On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 9:09 AM Mel Beckman <m...@beckman.org> wrote: > Aaron, > > If you read back in this thread (using the NANOG mailing list archive), > you’ll find this has been explained in great detail. In a nutshell, phase > grounding won’t help if a generator is energized from the customer end, and > this technique was discontinued in the 1970s due to the many deaths that > resulted. > > -mel > > On Aug 30, 2021, at 9:02 AM, Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> > wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 7:35 AM Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE < > l...@6by7.net> wrote: > >> Yes, this is a real and dangerous problem. Today. Even with grounding >> I’m afraid. Source: I’ve been working in an engineering capacity for 27 >> years and I have the license you’d need to build a nuclear power plant. >> > > Would you care to educate me on this? > If you ground the phases on both sides of the work-site, how are you going > to end up being a better path to ground? > > -A > >
