The confusion over stray voltage

The subject of stray voltage, once mentioned only in relation to dairy farms, has today become an issue in the industry for other reasons, not the least of which is safety. The general reduction of industry participation in the standards-writing function of the IEEE has created a situation in which nonprofessionals, such as state legislators and lawyers, are rewriting definitions and creating new terms, arbitrary limits, and testing procedures, thereby costing the industry many millions of dollars, which could have been used far more wisely to promote both safety and reliability.