>I Saskatchewan where grew up the rural power distribution was a
>single wire using the ground (the real one) as the return.
>
>It worked quite well to supply power to widely distributed farms.
>
>Each farm had a pole mounted transformer to provide a
>center tapped 220v.  Normal outlets were 110V.
>
>Walter Banks

I'll take your word for this but I suspect very high line voltage and a
step current problem near the pole with the transformer on dry days (are
there any dry days in Saskatchewan ?). Also any polar light and serious
magnetic disturbance would do terrible things to such a system imho. True
?

Peter

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