[IRCA] OT tracking electrical leaks

["Eric Floden" <eric.f99999@xxxxxxxxx>]

interesting article, brought to mind various stories of trying to track down
noise from power lines, etc.

ef

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/17/nyregion/17shock.html?ref=nyregion

article starts out:

After a small dog was apparently electrocuted while walking on an icy
manhole cover in Downtown Manhattan on Wednesday, suspicion automatically
fell on Consolidated Edison.

It seemed to be the latest in a string of cases in which dogs and their
owners have been injured, sometimes fatally.

But much of the equipment that can carry an electric jolt is not owned by
Con Ed. Manhole covers, for example, are overseen by the city's Department
of Environmental Protection and lampposts by the city's Department of
Transportation. Construction sites are usually overseen by private
contractors.

Still, stung by a $10.6 million legal settlement after the death of a
pedestrian, Jodie Lane, in 2004, Con Ed has mounted a more extensive
campaign to detect invisible hot spots of electricity in its own and other
companies' equipment.

When a reporter and a photographer rode along with Con Ed's mobile voltage
inspectors yesterday, no voltage was too small to escape attention.

"Christmas lights in flower pots kick out quite an e-field," or electronic
field, said David Kalokitis, 45, chief technology officer with Power Survey
Corp., which is helping Con Ed with the detection technology.
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