[prateeksikka]

hi there!
i have noticed some orange coloured beautiful looking balloon like structures at  small intervals along the path of a long distance transmission lines in my country.A long distance line generally moves from 1 city to another at 33kV and passes
through many such small balloons.can u tell me what are they?
prateek

 

[Alun]

Every voltage source has a source impedance. Even a brand new little 9V alkaline battery might burn you to death if you short it and place it near a vital organ in your pocket. The short won't get hot but the battery certainly will.
The opposite will occur with a powerful car battery. A short will certainly get very hot (don't try it, the battery might explode).
The important source impedance causes a voltage-divider with the load. It also limits the current. ;D

Eve more fun just stick two batteries togeather.

 

[EdwardM]

Hi prateeksikka

i have noticed some orange coloured beautiful looking balloon like structures

I've seen the same things in several countries but never in the UK, I've always though that they were there to scare birds or pilots  ;D

Ed

 

[audioguru2]

to scare birds or pilots

When a pilot sees one of those things a few meters in front of his plane, you're darn right he'll be scared. They are too small to be a warning.

I always thought that they were heavy dampers so the lines don't have mechanical oscillation in the wind. Hang a weight slightly off-center on a guitar string and see (hear?) how poorly it plays. ;D

 

[prateeksikka]

hi there!
YEAH TOO SMALL FOR A PILOT TO SEE.AUDIOGURU,WHAT KIND OF DAMPING ARE U TALKING ABOUT?
DO U EXPECT SUCH HEAVY LINES CARRIED AWAY BY AIR,YEAH MAY BE THEY CAN SWING A BIT UPON HEAVY WINDS.HEY,CAN IT HAVE A LINK WITH PROVIDING UPWARD THRUST TO THE WIRE IN ITS LONG RUN SO THAT IT DOES NOT SLAG JUST LIKE THE THREAD OF A LONG FLYING KITE!
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PRATEEK

 

[EdwardM]

Good thinking audioguru, sounds about right  ;D

Ed

 

[Codyhtml]

i see those too but i've alwasy thought that they were warnings but i guess there too small mabe there some kind of small transformer? or are they too small for that also mabe there just for looks  ;D

 

[prateeksikka]

they look like colourful toy balloons but still there would be a reason for them
;D ;D ;D

 

[prateeksikka]

hi guys!
On my way on a national highway in India,I again saw those balloon like things on the high voltage transmission lines.I am confused!
What are they?

 

[res10]

because we consider that the potential is different along the transmission lines. and the power also same at the end receiving...