I've never seen a bird get fried on a pylon; infact I've never seen a bird on a pylon. Do the RSPB make all birds watch pylon safety videos?
2007-10-10 05:34:24 · 16 answers · asked by loathsomedog 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
When i was a kid down ont bottom rec the one with a big pylon on it we were watching some pigions pigiuns er pigeons flying round and they flew near the wires and about 4 of em got zapped and fell to earth like burning mesherschmits so how did that happen eh you clever asses its true anole ask ollie mac he was upset cause he kept pigeons and i laughed at him.
2007-10-10 10:30:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Because the pylons are at earth potential - the foundations go right into the subsoil to stop the whole thing falling over in a high wind.
If you want to know why birds don't get electrocuted when sitting on the high tension cables just check the answers above.
2007-10-10 12:30:49 · answer #2 · answered by monsewer icks 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They would need very long legs. If there is no circuit (ie somewhere for the current to go) they cannot be electrocuted, so sitting on a wire (cable) or a pylon would have no effect.
N.B. Yes I know this is a simplistic answer, but I would imagine that someone who asks that question would not appreciate a highly technical answer
2007-10-10 05:43:56 · answer #3 · answered by mal g 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The birds don't get electrocuted because the wires on those poles are too far apart for a bird to touch two wires at one time. You see, there has to be a difference in the electric energy (potential) before there is current flow. Same thing in your house or on a car battery. You need two wires for the electricity to do anything.
2007-10-10 05:39:58 · answer #4 · answered by dobiepg 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
in case you hang off the cord - no - how do you think of birds survive in case you basically touch the pylon, in concept no. yet once you furnish a direction for the electrical powered from the cord to earth contained in direction of the pylon. and specific it does leap air gaps, you will fry.
2016-10-21 22:12:13 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they have to touch something earthed before the current will pass through them to earth and kill them. Not many birds are big enough to stand on a hot wire and still reach the steel. To do that it would have to be as big as an ostrich, and ostriches are notoriously bad climbers.
2007-10-10 05:44:02 · answer #6 · answered by ezeikiel 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because their legs aren't long enough to touch the live wire and eatrh at the same time.
The same reason they settle on railway lines in tube stations.
2007-10-10 05:40:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Their legs ain't long enough to reach from one wire to either another wire at a different potential or to the ground--so no roast bird till they wear stilt's.
2007-10-10 11:07:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
when on the line they are at the same voltage as the cable 250000 volts to 450000 volts, unless they touch anything at a different voltage (potential) nothing will happen, saying that they don't have to touch..at 450000 v, it can arc over a few meters.
2007-10-11 01:30:28 · answer #9 · answered by matrix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the pylons give off a BUZZZZZZ that keeps them away they would get shocked if they touched them but they keep away. dostrodonia.
2007-10-11 03:49:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋