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Why would we want to bury high voltage electric cables?
by MiguelX413 2y ago
Why would we want to bury high voltage electric cables?
- fwip 2y agoPower on telephone poles have a couple problems, mainly involving trees/cars/miscreants breaking them and causing power outages (and sometimes fires). Some people also feel they're unsightly. However, underground cables can be also be broken (e.g: by water leaks or backhoes), and in these cases, it can be more expensive and time-consuming to find and fix the break. I believe initial installation is also more costly.
- MiguelX413 2y agoI see, thank you for the explanation.
- 1970-01-01 2y agoThey're much safer, have much less maintenance, and higher lifetime 'uptimes'.
- Rebelgecko 2y agoReduced fire risk is the main reason. The $ value of damage after a big fire often isn't THAT much smaller than the cost of undergrounding cables in that area. There's also some fringe benefits for aesthetics, electrocution risk, and maintenance costs (underground maintenance is more expensive but less common)
- r00fus 2y agoPrevent fires - and overhead power lines are ugly AF. You don't notice it until you go to a place where they don't have them and wonder why the scenery looks so nice.