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Not deliberately. The neutral from the Power co. failed, then his house power sought out another pathway. The coax was grounded to the house's service ground (a
by CapitalistCartr 6y ago
Not deliberately. The neutral from the Power co. failed, then his house power sought out another pathway. The coax was grounded to the house's service ground (as it should be), and became a return path for the electric his house was using.
- owenmarshall 6y ago> his house power sought out another pathway Pedantically (but with the justification that this is safety-critical): Electricity always takes every path, just in inverse proportion to the impedance of the paths. If a fleshy 1000 ohm resistor touched that service ground, you'd get some electrons there too, and possibly enough to kill.
- ddalex 6y ago>Electricity always takes every path, just in inverse proportion to the impedance of the paths This is one of those things that are bloody obvious in retrospect, but people usually don't think about it at all