I have a stray voltage problem and my research indicates that even a very
small amount will effect your animals.There are some that feel it effect us
also. There is little research on the effeects on humans becasue we are not
measured for our meat/milk production.
Charles Ritch
Goose Pond Farm
ritch@hiwaay.net
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> Aren't some electrical systems more prone to stray voltage? Do parts of
> the world running everything on two positive legs (similiar to our 220
> volt single phase in US) rather than our one positive and one neutral
> (which is tied directly to the grounding system) have less problems with
> stray voltage?
>
> I'm fortunate in that I don't milk cows so don't spend a huge amount of
> time worrying about stray voltage. I do however have a poultry slaughter
> and red meat processing plant. We run all of the wiring as UF
> (underground rated) and ran it inside waterproof plastic conduit. Food
> processing operations (and I would think milking parlors also) are rough
> applications for electrical wiring to keep it dry and out of harms way.
>
> We were behind on rain until the last week and starting about last
> Wednesday it has rained and sprinkled just about 24 hours a day.
> Greg
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