Re: Can electricity conduct through a fine spray of water?

[Bob F]

On 6/29/2023 6:44 PM, micky wrote:
> In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:52:23 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
> <robin_...@es.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 2023-06-29 11:01, Jasen Betts wrote:
>>> On 2023-06-28, Carlos E.R. <robin_...@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 2023-06-28 12:59, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2023 20:18:00 +1000, Carlos E.R.
>>>>> <robin_...@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2023-06-28 11:39, Mark Carver wrote:
>>>>>>> On 28/06/2023 10:13, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>>>>>>>> If there was a fine mist being sprayed (like you get from something
>>>>>>>> you spray plants with), and there was a live wire somewhere in the
>>>>>>>> mist, could it jump through the spray to a grounded point?
>>>>>>>  Well.....
>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU91mxRplu4
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What happens when the entire glass insulator is wet? :-?
>>>>>
>>>>> Nothing special, most obviously wih the glass insulators
>>>>> on 350KV and 500KV transmission lines.
>>>>
>>>> Don't they become surface conductive to ground?
>>>
>>> They are shaped like umbrellas so that they stay partly dry when it rains.
>>
>> If you watch the video, you will see that is not the case.
>
> I watched a composite video today of lots of interesting things, and one
> was a couple fire engines pumping water on a fairly big fire.
>
> Between one of the fire engines and the fire were 4 or 5 wires between
> "telephone" poles. Each wire was almost a foot for any other.
> Eventually there was enormous sparking, a bright white spot equivalent
> to 3 feet wide that lasted for few seconds followed by flames from the
> wires for 3 or 4 more seconds and then the video stopped.
>
> The narrator said 10,000 people lost power but he may have just made
> that up.
>
> But still, the fire department should use deionized water. Maybe that
> wodld help.

It is likely that the water pushed wires too close to each other, rather
than actually being a medium of conduction.