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Natural capacitance exists between conductors at different potentials, including between those conductors and earth (ground). The value of such capacitance is significantly higher with underground cables than with overhead lines, due to the close proximity of the individual conductors in an underground cable.

Capacitance results in line losses in both a.c. overhead and underground systems, due to the corresponding capacitive reactance (opposition to a.c.). In the case of long, high-voltage, underground or under-sea cables, the capacitance losses can be so high that d.c. transmission is used instead of a.c. (d.c. eliminates capacitive line losses).

In addition to the line losses, the electric fields resulting from the capacitance can lead to insulation breakdown -making it essential that 'sharp corners', etc., are avoided in their design and construction. One of the reasons that high-voltage overhead conductors are 'bundled' (i.e. more than one conductor per line) is to reduce the stress on individual line conductors that would otherwise occur due to their relatively small diameters.

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