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765 kilo-volt transmission lines buzzing and crackling

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johnaudiotech

June 6th, 2016

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Sound effects > Natural elements and explosions

I stood under the transmission lines with my Olympus LS-7 recorder in NW Ohio to get the sound. According to a map I found online, the lines are indeed 765,000 volts phase to phase, four lines bundled for each phase.

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electrical
high
hum
power
voltage

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Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:23.210

File size

3.9 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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tjsat

2 years, 3 months ago

Hello, do you know is that a 765 KV AC oder DC Transmission line ?
BR Thomas

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superfreq

6 years, 7 months ago

Holy shit that's allot of power

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