Scraping ice off of power lines - GIF

Scraping ice off of power lines.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...471#post122631
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...945#post124948
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...748#post129031
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...464#post146965
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...563#post147418
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...068#post153435
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...544#post170217

That looks like a just plain old BAD IDEA!
But, I'm a sissy about spark-em-zap-em-fritzy stuff.

I bet that the guys who are left alive after a few years are good at it and know what they are doing.

Is ice REALLY a problem on power lines? A question for those who live where it gets cold.
Is it just the excess weight ? (they would be a better conductor when cold)

I think it's the sudden rebound when a long section warms up enough for it all drop at once.
KInda like dry-firing a bow with no arrow - lots of energy release and it's concentrated in the power line as a tensile member.

But . . .

I WAS WRONG! It IS weight!
Here's an article from the actual power folks:
https://www.tdworld.com/overhead-tra...age-powerlines

Removing ice from a bridge 320 meters high...the ice was falling onto the roadway below which is "somewhat" hazardous.

https://www.rt.com/russia/508099-alp...russky-bridge/