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Granite Geek: Melting ice from power lines by increasing resistance

Martha · 11 months ago

Do many problems arise because of ice on the wires? Do things short out often because of ice build-up? Surely the weight of the ice on the wires is inconsequential relative to the ice on the nearby trees. Or is this more interesting as a way to do plane de-icing?