Which outcome occurs from excessive dielectric stress in underground power cables?

💡 Explanation

Capacitance increases leading to thermal runaway because dielectric breakdown causes a short and thus greater current and localized heating, therefore capacitance rises with temperature rather than inductance dropping because of skin effect or increased cable resonance.

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