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Re: Tesla Coil on the News
Subject: Re: Tesla Coil on the News
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 11:53:17 -0400
From: "Kevin M. Conkey" <teslacoil-at-mindspring-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
References: 1
Tesla List wrote:
> Subject: Re: Tesla Coil on the News
> Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 05:13:49 -0700 (PDT)
> From: gweaver <gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>
> About 10 years ago there was an artical in Popular Science about a guy
>
> getting power from power lines that crossed his property. He was
> using
> some
> type of large coil system to pick up the radiated power from the power
>
> lines. The power company took the guy to court and tied to make him
> pay
> for
> the power of stop him from do it. The judge ruled in the guys favor
> because
> the power companies own engineer testified that all power lines loose
> power.
> So the judge said its like recycling something that was lost. The guy
> is
> not
> stealing power he is recovering power that the power company lost.
> Sence he
> has no direct wire connection to the power lines he is not stealing
> power.
> And the power company can not prove he is drawing power from there
> wires
> with his system or prove how much power he is getting he is not
> stealing
> power.
>
> Gary Weaver
>
Why did this idea never catch on? Were the efficiencies too low to
offset the price of his equipment?
Anybody have an idea how he did it?
--
Kevin M. Conkey