Sparky, Not only is it high impedance, you don't know where it ends up. It was just such a scenario that made me wander out to the pole, fella kept getting really clobbered out at his well. He had a tin cup out there and used it to drink from, and this was through linemans boots. Black Valley PA. The cure of course, was to replace the galvanized pipe with plastic, at least that stopped him from getting hit, didn't ground the thing properly. It works if the load is not heavy, and his was not.
