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Dual Circuit 230 KV?
Well the right side of this is definitely 230 kV, but the other side might be the same.

The thing that throws me off is one side has two wires bundled and the other side is just a single wire. Both might be 230 kV, not sure why they were built this way though.

The left side as you can tell the middle wire has a V insulator, I think that was for the indication that it was bundled or something different, I dunno.
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Dual Circuit 230 KV?

Well the right side of this is definitely 230 kV, but the other side might be the same.

The thing that throws me off is one side has two wires bundled and the other side is just a single wire. Both might be 230 kV, not sure why they were built this way though.

The left side as you can tell the middle wire has a V insulator, I think that was for the indication that it was bundled or something different, I dunno.

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LilCinnamon   [Aug 07, 2014 at 05:45 AM]
Here are a couple street views of some interesting things this string does.

Streetview One.
Streetview Two.

In the first picture you see how it goes from a single wire from the power plant to a bundled wire on the other side, and the other one stays the same.

The second one just shows what happens and both shows.
Form109   [Aug 07, 2014 at 10:47 PM]
I've seen both single and V-configurations with Bundled conductors. but only the Middle phase on the left circuit being V is odd.
TiCoune66   [Aug 08, 2014 at 01:18 AM]
Maybe the cable has been replaced at some point and the new cable was heavier, thus requiring an extra insulator to handle the weight.

That's the only possibility I can imagine, but hey, I'm no expert in high voltage stuff, and more generally anything over 600V LOL.
traffic light1   [Aug 08, 2014 at 02:18 AM]
This could be one of them wind shiftier calculations
LilCinnamon   [Aug 08, 2014 at 03:32 AM]
Near where I live they have another set of lines with towers just like this, with a single V on one side and the rest just suspension, all 6 cables are bundled, but the side without the V I can tell had the bundled wires added later, because of how they are mismatched. As the side that has the single V configuration has the bundles wires side by side (horizontal) and the side without has the bundled wires one on top and one on bottom (vertical). There is one set of towers that go north that have two V configurations, one on both sides in the middle phase, and both circuits are bundled and built at the same time.

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