95% of American and Canadian homes have 7 Kilovolts of AC within 60-100 feet.
Its single wire earth return, too! Which means the 7KV returns to the nearest power station via a grounding rod at the base of the pole. But the transformer is way, way, up in the air and the wood poles are hard to climb. The transformer looks somewhat like a world standard beer keg in size.
Yet we have few incidents. What actually flows into the home is center tapped 220V ac, now normalized to 235-240 volts in new construction.
Steve
Qui habet Christos, habet Vitam!
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When I still could have...