> Ned aioe.org> writes:
>

>>> *SWER = single wire earth return. A high voltage reticulation system used
>>> in rural areas where just one conductor is used - the ground forms the other
>>> one.
>>>

>> SWER - aka MandenoÂ's Clothesline.

>

>> Named after the Kiwi who invented it in the 1920s.

>

>> Once upon a time he received quite handsome royalties for every mile of line
>> constructed. Not sure if this still applies but there are some 200,000 km of
>> SWER reticulation in Oz/NZ.

>
> There's a slightly bigger one in the US. Look up the Pacific Intertie.
> For it, they had to run a ways to a good ground. At the southern end,
> it's the Pacific Ocean. Bet the fish stay warm.