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...I am truly stunned...cannot believe it...i have relatives at Elland,and i'm in a state of shock...........They have "electricity" in Huddersfield?

....It's only a matter of time before the looms are getting smashed...:icon12:
 
For anyone that may be remotely interested an update on this freak accident with photos. (Just ignore the fact that they keep referring to this as an electrocution when it's clearly not!)

Huddersfield Town 1-2 Leeds United: The match in 30 seconds - Huddersfield Examiner
Oops, sorry, wrong link!

Pictures: Devastated couple tell how massive electric shocks broke their dogs' legs - Huddersfield Examiner

I would hazard a guess that the earthing arrangement is tt. Anyone care to speculate on what went wrong.
 
Hi,
Having some local knowledge, I am suspecting either a TT earth rod and a big fault not being properly cleared causing a voltage differential or a fault with the cable supplying the tower, this also causing a voltage differential. The owner of the dogs was quite close to the tower when the dogs had the episode.

There was some supply from the tower the night before to supply additional lights, I wonder if there has been mistakes with this supply. There is a dusk - dawn lanten on the top of this tower, if the neutral had been disconnected and also a N-E fault then it is possiable that the TT rod could have become live and then have step potentials round it...
 
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