Tai-Pan wrote: > > Hi Roger, > > We used long wires strung out on the field fences (insulated wire) and ran > them > into the barn and chicken house. The fences originated at those buildings so > there was no wire laying on the ground to get caught in machinery. We had a > high > voltage line running along the property line and the wire was under the high > voltage lines. We ran several small 40 watt bulbs off of these fence lines. > Not > enough current for motors , but just fine for small light bulbs. They were > left > on all the time. > This works by ac current being induced from the high voltage lines into the > wire > strung along the fence. Not to be confused with the spark plug method of using > static electricity to charge a battery. The static chargers were excellent > because they provided a high voltage pulse that removed the oxides that build > up > on the battery plates and prevents the battery ever getting a full charge. > Thats > why most car batteries slowly get weaker. Put a static charger on them and > they > will be restored to full use again. (The manufacturers don't want you to know > this, prefer you buy a new battery). Don't you remember when you could go into > the neighborhood battery shop and get a good used battery for six bucks and it > would last for three years or more. Nowadays battery shops aren't allowed > anymore > in the neighborhoods and the ones in zoned areas have so many dumb > regulations on > them they wouldn't even talk to you about a used battery. The better battery > chargers (read, more expensive) do generate high voltage spikes along with the > charging current to remove the oxide build up. They even point it out as an > advertised feature. > Back to the fence wire. Some of the fence was further away from the high > voltage > lines and we had to run two wires along side of each other to get more current > (only connect them at one end, the end with the light bulb). If you needed > more > voltage, just extend the wire longer. > > I recall the power company would send a guy out to drive along the lines > looking > for farmers using free power and he would cut the wire in pieces. We just put > it > back together as soon as he was out of sight. Power company would do that > about > twice a year. They don't do it any more as they now know that the normal line > radiation losses are many times larger than any loss to your wires. All the > farmers in our area did this back in the 30's and 40's. Don't know about the > present, most likely still do. This was also written up in Popular Mechanics > long > ago.
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