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cg1bs OP t1_j6lwgya wrote

Well sorry to create a minor stir. This is one end of a 1000KV grounding unit. I am not an electrical engineer. I am a subsea navigator. I design routes, not cables.

This does in fact discharge the power that 2-3 million people use an hour.

The link below is the primary discharge cable that then ties into 36 separate grounding vaults, and one of the 3 primary cables that come from the originating overhead lines. US Quarter for a scale.

here

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brad676 t1_j6mg54c wrote

It doesn't really make sense that they're using multicore cables for grounding. It also doesn't make sense to use insulated cables when you're working with steel towers and infrastructure so I'm really confused by your post. Especially as the wiki article mentions the use of ACSR conductor for the grounding system?

Also it would not be expected for a grounding system to be energized for this type of system unless there was a fault.

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