> Someone engineered the hell out of that cable. But they neglected to realize that it would be drawn through a steel pipe.
This is about the most arrogant, ignorant thing I've read on HN. No. I promise you the electrical engineer who designed that feeder did not "neglect to realize" that a steel pipe is conductive and if the feeder came into contact with it, it would short. There were no doubt a number of considerations and trade-offs involved in the choice of material.
This is about the most arrogant, ignorant thing I've read on HN. No. I promise you the electrical engineer who designed that feeder did not "neglect to realize" that a steel pipe is conductive and if the feeder came into contact with it, it would short. There were no doubt a number of considerations and trade-offs involved in the choice of material.