On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Tue, 15 May 2012 21:33:02 -0400: > Hi, > [snip] >>Yeah it has happened to me with a few street lights, but I thought it >>was just some sort of subtle electrical/vibrational connection between >>my body and a light which was nearing the end of its life. However, >>one night about 20+ years ago, I found I was able to turn a particular >>light on and off repeatedly by walking towards and away from it each >>time. > > Perhaps it has to do with the "fair weather" current, or in this case "field". > By walking toward the lamp the top of your head brings the "ground" closer to > the lamp (because your body is filled with salt water, which is a reasonable > conductor), thus changing the static field. The resultant high voltage change > may be enough to trigger the circuitry of the lamp, causing it to turn on. > > This may only happens with lamps where the normal ground connection (if they > have one) is broken . > > BTW it may also be related to whether or not your footwear is (somewhat) > conductive (e.g. wet). > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk
Maybe. The hypothesis could be tested with a tall bladder filled with salt water sitting on remote controlled cart. Other curious phenomena such as water dowsing could be investigated with subitably constructed human analogues. harry
