• sinkingship@mander.xyz
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    1 month ago

    Interesting. Even so much that after a 14 hour road trip I read a little more about it.

    The first thought was “hearing?” but then I remembered that I heard electricity before, standing next to a transformer.

    According to what I read this is something different, though. High voltage is audible due to ionized air in close vicinity, while home appliances can be audible due to AC power shifting magnetic fields and that can make internal components vibrate.

    Anecdotally, I believe I have heard close hitting lightnings - just before happening - in my power grid.

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      1 month ago

      It probably also partly has something to do with whatever the insulation tastes like to the rats as well. Kinda like the reason Nintendo adds a bittering agent to the plastic on their Switch cartridges, to prevent children from chewing or swallowing them.