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Posted By jack rumbol
A wierd one here. I have been doing some work recently for a client and they have let out some land to allow people to stay in a caravan under an electricity pylon now i know this is not safe but what are the real health risks associated with this
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Posted By holmezy
Hi,
not an expert........
however...
there cant be that many risks or else half of the country would be a "no go" area. I'm sure if you call your local electricity supplier, they will tell you not to fly kites, go fishing etc under them but other than that they will just "hum" a little. Despite all the thoughts, dont think they have been convincingly linked to any cancers or other such disease.
Although having said that, wouldnt like to live under one myself.
Sorry its not very helpful.
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Posted By CW
Electricity can arc quite a distance, there is an exclusion of 18 m around overhead cables and pylons.
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Posted By sagalout
CW, from where? The cables, conductors?
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Posted By andymak
I remember seeing an art installation some while ago, it consisted entirely of flourescent tubes powered by the electricity in the atmosphere around the pylons.
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Posted By Jim Walker
Maybe that's why they parked the caravan there -free lights!
I had always assumed there was an exclusion zone
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Posted By Stephen D. Clarke
I've heard of people getting micro-shocks when working under power cables even when at a safe distance so arcing isn't possible. These are unpleasant and worrying but apparently don't present any other risk.
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Posted By Neil Koskie
My local golf course has one in the light rough just off the fairway and there are no exclusion zones - I am always playing a shot from under and around the pylon!
Now I'm off to the driving range for practice!!
Neil
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Posted By Steve B
I Recently had to contact the electricity board for advice about overhead cable power lines basically to ask them what height I had to install goal posts for vehicular access on a construction site. they informed me of the height of the cables 15m approx and said my goal posts can go up to 13.5 meters giving a 1.5m clearance. I, however went a little further and put the goal posts at 4m height. I take this to mean unless you have a caravan over 13.5m high, arching isn't a problem.
Regards
Steve B
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Posted By Catman
Hello Jack
I have seen several sites like this, mostly commercial caravan sites. Most have had the lines directly over the caravans sheathed.
Something to note is caravan owners often like to hose their caravans down when washing them...........
Cheers
TW
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