Jeff Fink wrote: > So, why cant people living within a few hundred feet > of high voltage transmission lines tap useful free > power with a 60 Hz receiver circuit?
They can and have. You don't see it anymore, but I used to read of the occasional farmer caught at this sort of thing, usually just with an elongated coil near the transmission lines, not a resonant circuit. However, I remember reading of one farmer who had an elaborate system built under the roof of his barn at a subtantial distance from the power lines. Knowing what I now know, it had to have been a resonant circuit. You have to wonder why the guy was a farmer if he that kind of talent. Also, you can just imagine how hard it would be to detect this type of power theft in an urban environment. M. _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
