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Besides the safety issues others have brought up, you'd also have to replace the substations on both sides of the lines to support raising and lower at 2x the v
by CyanLite2 2y ago
Besides the safety issues others have brought up, you'd also have to replace the substations on both sides of the lines to support raising and lower at 2x the voltage. Most likely that would require roughly a 2x size in transformer and copper.
A better idea in the short term is using temperature sensors along the wire. In the winter, we should be able to push more current without risking burning out the wires if we can effectively monitor the temps in real time.
- lxgr 2y agoDon’t resistive losses in the wires increase with the square of the current? I thought that’s why just pushing more current is not a great option.
- eternityforest 2y agoWhat kind of safety issues are involved? They all use dangerous voltages, 100kv and 200kv will both kill you. Are higher voltages significantly more likely to cause a fire?
- Doxin 2y agoThey are significantly more likely to arc bigger distances. A 200kv line will arc twice the distance a 100kv line will. You'd need bigger separation between the different phases on a tower, you'd need longer insulators, you'd need new towers.