Stray voltage part 1...

Stray voltage is electricity that has found its way into the ground and is traveling to the nearest sub station or to the nearest set of buildings. Stray voltage is NOT something that is 'just in our heads'. Cattle and people are severely impacted by this and it can even be deadly. For cattle it takes YEARS off of their lives and the production they loose is beyond making up for. Because a cow has 4 legs it has 4 points of contact when stray voltage is present. Because cement is a carrier for electricity, a cow get shocked standing in her stall tied to a metal stanchion. Now don't get me wrong, its not usually a shock that will flatten them out but its enough to make them uncomfortable. Stray voltage is also called transient voltage, because it is traveling in the ground. Electricity travels on the top of cement not 'through' it. I am sure you have all seen the substations in the country with the big transformers etc. Well, have you ever noticed that they are on a heavy bed of gravel and not on cement? That's because if they were on cement there would be so much electricity on them that when people stepped on them they would be fried. The gravel breaks up the electrical current so that it will not 'connect' on the cement. Electricity, once its produced never dissipates unless it is used. Electricity that is not used is disposed of in the ground or lost through bad wiring at times OR will be lost on the power company's ground wires.. whether they tell you that or not. Wiring on a farm can be a big issue, however unless it is VERY OLD its the power company's fault that there is to much electricity. Our argument with the power company has been this, if they are sending to much power or power is finding its way to 'wherever' why not put a second line going back to the power company so that its not wasted or 'lost' as stray voltage. I feel, and this is strictly my opinion - that they get the power back one way or the other. If a line is put in, then the farmer/homeowner/whomever could then put a meter back on the power pole and charge the company for the power they are returning....if there is no line the unused power always finds its way back to the 'sub stations' or farmers/homeowners etc. Any questions so far? I wont go any further right now, because I want to make this part clear before we go any further..


My Aunt Annie wanted me to post a picture of me when I was pregnant with Big Son, but I dont have one handy - however I do have one of me the day before Lispy was born.. We were cleaning out part of my brother in laws shed... I look like - God knows what I looked like, other than tired out, fat, crabby, fat, hungry and fat....

I have the I am going to kill you when I can move fast enough look on my face dont I? or is it the have pitty on a fat woman face? Or perhaps the my God my hair look - yup, I think its that one.. my God my hair... and the sun is in my face you moron is my thought, that much I remember... *snicker* The Milk Man took this picture, he has a thing about seeing the fruits of his labors.... the whole 5 minute it took to get me in this shape.