A confusing matter: why are there so many wires on poles in Asian countries (19 photos)

I think many travelers coming to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China or Japan, paid attention not only to local sights, outstanding architecture and magnificent nature, but and on such a distinctive feature as an abundance of wires.







It is simply impossible not to notice this phenomenon, since the wires literally entangle roadside poles, cross the streets up and down, hang over the heads of passers-by and, worst of all, traveler, constantly climb into the frame and spoil even the most picturesque pictures! And there's nothing you can do about it...





Let's take China for example. In his defense, I will say that in large megacities, the situation with wires is still resolved to the maximum - they harmoniously hidden underground, so even lighting poles look gracefully. But it's only worth moving a little further, so to speak, beyond the line big city, the situation is radically changing.



The hitch system is especially striking - this is not the case in Russia you will meet, and transformer booths, familiar to a Russian citizen, there isn't. Instead, in small Chinese cities, special open transformer structures located on pillars. Their working principle is also somewhat different.



From the transformer box to the house stretches one thick wire, from which smaller wires spread along apartments. In China, each individual small wire from the transformer stretches immediately to a specific apartment.



And “stretches” is, of course, loudly said. All wires twisted, twisted. They are not always laid on poles, and can stretch along the roof or even through the entrance. In general, as residents generally find out where whose wire is a mystery. And, by the way, the Chinese themselves are the state of affairs is quite satisfactory.



In fact, they are not only accustomed to living with the looming head with an abundance of all kinds of wires, but also turned the situation into its own side. You will not believe, but Chinese women have adapted to use electrical wires as clotheslines. Here she is, progressive Chinese thought in action!



Another example is Thailand. There the situation with the wires is no less confusing - there are also many of them, and their arrangement is no less chaotic, than in China. But there are good reasons for this.



First, most of the electrical wires in Thailand it is simply physically impossible to hide underground, and the reason for this is ground water. The fact is that the groundwater level is located in a meter from the sewer, where, in fact, according to the logic of things, they should be stretched wires. During the tropical rainy season, the water level rises. higher, which creates an immediate threat to the power cable line.



Secondly, the cost of laying wires. Outdoor holding cable costs the city an average of $ 20, while underground - in 10 times more expensive!



Thirdly, the lack of a subway, through the tunnels of which most cities, in fact, stretch the electric cable. There is a "subway" only in the capital, so there is a situation with wires there the situation is somewhat better, but in other cities - only ground transport.



And here is another nuance: part of the wires that are hung the streets of most of the settlements in Thailand that are not operating, and the current along is not transmitted to them. Just one day they forgot to remove these wires ...



What is there in Japan? And in Japan - bureaucracy! Yes, yes, this history, paradoxically, also touched electrically