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Why the flaming carcasses of electrocuted birds keep starting Colorado wildfires (phys.org)

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In the past two months alone, the flaming carcasses of electrocuted birds have ignited at least three wildfires in Colorado.

While the phenomenon sounds straight out of a cartoon, it's actually more common than you'd think. It's a big enough problem that electric utility companies brainstorm efforts to mitigate bird electrocution.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

when i lived in the backwater village this would happen up to a few times per year, but that's mostly storks at 15kV substations, not lines

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

also if this doesn't trip fuses there's something wrong with your distribution grid

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The fuseable link in this case is the bird, as soon as it catches fire and falls down. There is no longer a current path.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

And there's reclosers all over, because black start is usually worse.