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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'strayvoltage'

March 13, 2008

With pedestrians and puppies getting electrocuted all over the city, a website has finally launched mapping hot zones. InfraShock hosts tips (bikers: don't chain your bike up to anything electrical) and an up to date map of dangerous areas (though currently the map only has six spots listed). They also have news on the latest efforts by the city and Con Ed to stop these stray voltage accidents. Earlier this year the father of......

Continue Reading "Map of the Day: Tracking Stray Voltage in NYC"

January 19, 2008

New Yorkers can walk the streets--and their pets--with renewed confidence this winter. Con Ed is reporting that one's chance of electrocution via stray voltage is down more than 20%, based upon their most recent survey. Of course, being electrocuted while walking around is a very remote possibility, although it does happen, especially in winter, when salt water and slushy water become simultaneously a corrosive agent and an effective conductor of electricity. The utility recorded only......

Continue Reading "Shocking: Con Ed Claims It's Doing a Great Job"

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